1.   The Algerian newspaper reports said that the military ambush was led by Gen. Saeed Bey, commanding special Algerian forces, and using army helicopters and artillery.

2.   Another rebel died in a military ambush on Wednesday morning at Mallakam in Jaffna Peninsula.

3.   Another rebel died in a military ambush Wednesday morning on Jaffna Peninsula.

4.   Four rebels and a soldier were killed in a military ambush in the jungles of Trincomalee district, said Maj. Kumara Dewage, a military spokesman.

5.   He said two other rebels were killed Thursday in a military ambush near the town of Vakarai in the eastern Batticaloa district.

6.   His fellow rebels and supporters among the rural poor say he was killed during a military ambush.

7.   In eastern Sri Lanka, four rebels were killed in two military ambushes, Jayakody said.

8.   In eastern Sri Lanka, where the guerrillas also have been fighting for a homeland, four militants were killed in two separate military ambushes Sunday, Jayakody said.

9.   On Friday, two rebels were killed in a military ambush at Pavakkodichchenai village in eastern Batticaloa district.

10.   Three more rebels died and eight soldiers were injured Thursday night during a military ambush in a village in the north, officials said Friday.