81.   The Tamil prisoners also want to be shifted to jails in northeastern Trincomalee or eastern Batticaloa district, officials said.

82.   The Tamils were killed when policemen retaliated after rebels shot dead a paramilitary guard in eastern Ampara district on Sunday, residents said.

83.   The troops regrouped and counterattacked in the eastern Trincomalee district, destroying a temporary guerrilla camp, the officials said.

84.   The troops regrouped and counterattacked in the eastern Trincomalee district, said the officials contacted by telephone.

85.   The two rebels were arrested in the eastern Ampara district early Friday, said Assistant Police Superintendent H.R. Senaviratne.

86.   They simultaneously fired artillery and automatic weapons at a nearby brigade headquarters and another detachment in eastern Batticaloa district late Tuesday.

87.   Twelve rebels and two soldiers were killed in a gun battle in the northern Vavuniya district and two soldiers died in the eastern Polonnaruwa district.

88.   Three other people, including a soldier, also were killed when unidentified gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Korangi, a poor eastern district.

89.   Two civilians were killed when police retaliated after rebels shot dead a paramilitary guard in eastern Ampara district on Sunday, residents said.

90.   Three of the policemen and one civilian died when the rebels attacked a police post at Eravur village in eastern Batticaloa district, officials said.