1.   Filipino sailors boarded four Chinese fishing boats off Arellano Shoal and the navy destroyed a Chinese national territory marker six nautical miles from Pagasa Island.

2.   Last month, the Philippine navy destroyed concrete markers and small structures erected by the Chinese on three reefs.

3.   On Sunday night, the navy destroyed two rebel boats that were on an apparent suicide attack off Kuchchaveli in northeastern Trincomalee district, officials said.

4.   The navy destroyed four rebel boats, Karunaratne said.

5.   The navy also destroyed four rebel boats, killing at least two rebels, the military said Sunday.

6.   The navy destroyed four of the guerrilla boats in fighting that left two sailors dead and four wounded.

7.   The navy also destroyed four rebel boats, killing at least two rebels, the military said on Sunday.

8.   The navy destroyed two rebel vessels that tried to reach the eastern shore of the peninsula, said Gunasekera, the military spokesman.

9.   They said the navy destroyed the rebel boat and later spotted another LTTE diver, apparently also strapped with explosives, who was swimming near the port entrance.