1.   Peace talks ended inconclusively Saturday between the government and Buddhist rebels who have fought for more than two decades for control of the southeastern hills in Bangladesh.

2.   The strike came days after the government introduced a bill proposing an elected council dominated by Buddhist Chakma tribespeople to control the southeastern hills.

3.   Thousands of Muslims have migrated from overcrowded plains to southeastern hills over the years.

4.   Two Buddhist rebels and one government soldier were killed in a five-hour shoot-out Saturday in the southeastern hills of Bangladesh, the military said.

5.   A second round of crucial peace talks between the Bangladesh government and tribal leaders from the southeastern hills opened in Dhaka Wednesday, officials said.

6.   Another round of peace talks was set to begin in Dhaka Wednesday between the Bangladesh government and tribal leaders from the southeastern hills.

7.   The peace talks are the first in more than a year to seek a solution to the two-decade old insurgency in the southeastern hill districts.

8.   The talks are aimed at ending two decades of insurgency in the scenic southeastern Bangladesh hills.

9.   Three people were killed in two separate explosions in the southeastern hill district and near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, newspapers here reported Wednesday.

10.   Three Bangladeshi policemen were killed Saturday by suspected tribal rebels who threw grenades and used automatic weapons in the troubled southeastern hill tracts, officials here said.