41.   The military has captured only one quarter of the highway since the offensive began in May.

42.   The military captured another major Muslim rebel camp in the southern Philippines on Friday, leaving the separatist guerrillas with only one remaining stronghold, an army commander said.

43.   The peninsula was the rebel stronghold for nearly a decade before the military captured it in May last year.

44.   The rebels moved their headquarters to Kilinochchi after the military captured their headquarters of Jaffna city in December.

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

46.   Two other unidentified persons were also killed in the attack in Jaffna city, which the military captured in December from Tamil rebels after months of intense fighting.

47.   He was referring to a comment by the defence minister late last year that the Russian military would capture Grozny from the secessionist rebels in a lightning surgical strike.

48.   In another development, the military captured one member of a Muslim kidnapping gang that is holding an Italian priest hostage in the southern province of Lanao del Norte.

49.   Indanan made no mention of whether the military captured any Abu Sayyaf camps or equipment on the mountain.

50.   The military captured Jaffna, the main citadel of the LTTE, after a series of operations begun in October last year.