1.   Meanwhile, a naval gunboat destroyed three rebel boats during fighting in northern Sri Lanka shortly after midnight Monday, the military said.

2.   Meanwhile on Wednesday, naval gunboats destroyed three rebel boats and a raft and captured two other boats on the Jaffna lagoon, the military said.

3.   Meanwhile, a naval gunboat destroyed three rebel boats during a fire fight in northern Sri Lanka shortly after midnight Monday, the military said.

4.   Meanwhile, naval gunboats destroyed five rebel boats on Tuesday, killing at least four guerrillas in the Jaffna lagoon, the military said.

5.   Navy gunboats destroyed two Tamil rebel boats and shelled their coastal bases Friday in northern Sri Lanka in the first military offensive.

6.   Naval gunboats destroyed five rebels boats in a confrontation at Pooneryn in northern Sri Lanka.

7.   Naval gunboats destroyed five Tamil Tiger rebel boats in northern Sri Lanka, killing at least four guerrillas, a military official said Thursday.

8.   Navy gunboats destroyed a rebel boat in northern Sri Lanka, killing the six people aboard, the military said Tuesday.

9.   Naval gunboats also destroyed a rebel boat off the north east coast on Tuesday, the official said.

10.   Naval gunboats destroyed a rebel boat, killing at least four insurgents, officials said Wednesday.