51.   In the first attack Sunday, a Sri Lankan army foot patrol killed three fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, said Major Nishantha Wadugodapitiya.

52.   In three incidents over the past few weeks, police reported killing fighters of the Kosovo Liberation Army they said shot at them first.

53.   In their first offensive ground action, American Marines attacked a Taliban convoy near Kandahar on Friday, killing seven fighters, a Marines spokesman in southern Afghanistan said.

54.   Interfax said at least four fighters were killed and several were wounded.

55.   It said one opposition fighter was killed and several wounded.

56.   It was unclear how many Taliban and northern alliance fighters were killed in the revolt.

57.   Late Monday, one tribal commander, Haji Zahir, said three eastern alliance fighters had been killed.

58.   Later Saturday, Palestinian sources said two Palestinian fighters were killed in separate missile strikes from Israeli helicopters into the old city alleys.

59.   Meanwhile, the militant ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army said seven fighters were killed in clashes over the weekend.

60.   Myers and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld declined to say how many enemy fighters were killed or provide many details on the operation.