1.   Two police officers had a narrow escape when separatists attacked their vehicles.

2.   Chechen separatists attacked Russian targets in Grozny, the Chechen capital, eight times since Monday, Interfax said.

3.   Chechen separatists attacked Russian targets in the Chechen capital Grozny eight times since Monday, the Interfax news agency said.

4.   Ethnic Albanian separatists also attacked a Kosovo police station last week.

5.   Five policemen also were injured when the separatists fighting for a homeland attacked the post at Puliyankulam village in Anuradhapura district at dawn, military officials said.

6.   Meanwhile, in the Indian state of Tripura, tribal separatists attacked a village, killing seven people.

7.   President Chandrika Kumaratunga said Tamil separatists attacked in desperation after military setbacks and indications that Tamil civilians support a government peace plan.

8.   Tamil separatists attacked a military detachment in northeastern Sri Lanka early Monday, killing eight soldiers, an official said.

9.   Tamil Tiger separatists have often attacked the Sri Lankan capital, but they have never targeted the visiting cricketers.

10.   Tamil separatists attacked a military detachment in northeastern Sri Lanka early Monday and killed eight soldiers, an official said.