11.   Also on Tuesday, guerrillas ambushed and killed two soldiers near the town of Seruvila in the eastern Trincomalee district, Dunuwille said.

12.   Also Wednesday, government troops killed a rebel in the eastern Batticaloa district after he threw a grenade at a military jeep.

13.   Also Saturday, eight police commandos were killed in a guerrilla ambush in the jungles of the eastern Batticaloa district, officials said.

14.   Also Friday, a policeman was killed and two wounded when rebels attacked a police post in the eastern Batticaloa district.

15.   Another was killed Wednesday in the eastern Feni district in fighting between supporters of Zia and Hasina.

16.   At least four soldiers and three rebels were killed when guerrillas ambushed an army patrol in the eastern Batticaloa district on Sunday, a military official said.

17.   Before she began working as a barber, Jayanthi was employed in a Colombo household as a domestic help after arriving from the eastern Batticaloa district.

18.   Efforts to douse the fire left several eastern districts of Moscow without water pressure.

19.   Five policemen were also injured when the rebels fired mortars, rockets and machine guns at the base in Pulupunawa village in eastern Amparai district, officials said.

20.   Five guerrillas were ambushed and killed by the troops in Navalladi village in eastern Batticaloa district on Tuesday, officials said.