31.   In another incident on Friday, a policeman was killed and two wounded when rebels attacked a police post in the eastern Batticaloa district.

32.   In a separate battle, the guerrillas attacked an army base in the eastern Batticaloa district, killing at least four soldiers and wounding thirty, officials said.

33.   In a separate incident, three soldiers died when rebels ambushed their patrol in the jungles of the eastern Polonnaruwa district, the officials said.

34.   In one incident, a civilian was beaten to death Tuesday in eastern Batticaloa district.

35.   In the eastern Batticaloa district, rebels attacked a military patrol, killing two soldiers.

36.   In the eastern Batticaloa district, rebels killed four soldiers guarding farmers of the majority Sinhalese community.

37.   In the eastern Batticaloa district, soldiers attacked a group of rebels trying to cross a lagoon shortly before midnight Friday, killing one of them.

38.   In other violence involving Tamil rebels Monday, guerrillas attacked an observation post at Vavunativue village in eastern Batticaloa district, killing two soldiers, Dunuwille said.

39.   In the eastern Ampara district, meanwhile, the rebels attacked four separate police bases with mortars and rifles.

40.   Khadga Prasad Oli, a top leader of the United Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Nepal, is contesting from the eastern Jhapa district.