1.   Another two children and three soldiers were wounded when the rebels lobbed grenades and opened fire on Nagastenna, a Sinhalese village in Polonnaruwa district.

2.   In another incident, rebels lobbed a hand grenade at a civilian bus, killing one person, Dewage said.

3.   In the northern Jaffna peninsula, a rebel lobbed a hand grenade at government troops, killing a civilian and wounding four soldiers, Vitana said.

4.   Suspected Islamic rebels lobbed two hand grenades at Indian paramilitary patrols in war-torn Kashmir on Saturday, injuring eight soldiers, police said.

5.   Up north in the Jaffna peninsula, a rebel lobbed a hand grenade at government troops, killing a civilian and wounding four soldiers, Vitana said.

6.   Four children were injured when a suspected Moslem rebel lobbed a grenade at their home in a town north of here, the Philippine military said Wednesday.