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

52.   One airman and six rebels were killed when Tamil guerrillas attacked an air force camp in the eastern Trincomalee district.

53.   On Saturday, rebels attacked a police post at the village of Kudapokuna in the eastern Polonnaruwa district, killing one policemen and wounding three.

54.   On Thursday night, soldiers ambushed and killed four rebels in the jungles at Mylambavelli in the eastern Batticaloa district, the military said in a statement.

55.   On Tuesday, rebels shot and killed four soldiers at Mavaddivambu village in eastern Batticaloa district, officials said.

56.   One guerrilla was killed in the eastern Batticaloa district in an army ambush.

57.   One soldier was killed and eight wounded the same day when rebels attacked a military convoy near Eravur town in eastern Batticaloa district, the officials said.

58.   One rebel was killed by troops on Wednesday in the eastern Batticaloa district after he threw a grenade at a military jeep.

59.   Rebel gunmen had slipped into the city earlier in the week and were fighting for control of the airport and several eastern districts.

60.   Rebel gunmen had slipped into the city earlier in the week and were fighting for control of the airport and several eastern districts, including Kingasani and Masina.