1.   Government soldiers shot back after rebels hurled grenades and fired machine guns Thursday at their post near Mahanikawewa village, said Brigadier Sarath Munasinghe, the military spokesman.

2.   In an ominous sign of escalation across the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israeli troops fired anti-tank missiles, hurled grenades and shot from helicopter gunships.

3.   Initial reports said two assailants hurled grenades at the patrol, killing one person, and then were shot themselves.

4.   The announcement was issued shortly after unidentified assailants hurled grenades into a church in Islamabad near the U.S. Embassy.

5.   The guerrillas fired guns and hurled grenades in the attack at the post in Arisimalai village in the Trincomalee district, said Dunuwille.

6.   The guerrillas fired guns and hurled grenades in the attack at Arisimalai village in the Trincomalee district, said Major T. Dunuwille, a miltary spokesman.

7.   The rebels hurled grenades and fired machine guns Thursday at soldiers near Mahanikawewa, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

8.   They dynamited a wall with TNT and hurled grenades, stormed the apartment and killed the man, who has not been named.