11.   Meanwhile, government troops on Monday continued to screen and register the Tamil civilians trying to go back to their homes from areas the military captured in the offensive.

12.   Military captures northern town.

13.   Most of the rebels withdrew to jungle towns on the mainland when the military captured Jaffna city, the rebel capital, last December.

14.   Most of the rebels withdrew to jungle towns on the mainland when the military captured Jaffna city, the rebel capital, in December.

15.   On Saturday, the military captured Chavakachcheri, the largest city in the rebel-held part of the peninsula.

16.   Six weeks ago, the military captured a major highway in northwestern Sri Lanka, pushing the rebels further into the jungles.

17.   Soldiers looked for rebel infiltrators among thousands of Tamil civilians who stayed back in regions the military captured, said Major Tilak Dunuwille, a military spokesman.

18.   Sri Lankan soldiers hunted Thursday for Tamil rebels who may have been trapped in areas the military has captured in a major offensive, officials said.

19.   The bombings came a day after the military captured a major MILF camp straddling Maguindanao and North Cotabato provinces north of General Santos.

20.   The attack occurred in Jaffna City, which the military captured in December from Tamil rebels after months of intense fighting.