101.   Barely two hours after the speech, Tamil rebels blew up a bus in eastern Sri Lanka, killing four civilians, a military official said.

102.   Besieged government forces beat back waves of attacks by thousands of Tamil rebels on a key military base in northern Sri Lanka, military officials said Friday.

103.   But authorities have put the local police on alert against a possible Tamil rebel attack.

104.   But hard-line Sinhalese, led by influential Buddhist monks, are opposed to giving autonomy to the minority Tamils until the Tamil rebels are defeated on the battlefield.

105.   But fierce fighting in certain regions of the north between government troops and Tamil rebels prevented health authorities from reaching hundreds of thousands of children.

106.   But fierce fighting between government troops and Tamil rebels in some regions of the north have prevented health authorities from reaching hundreds of thousands of children.

107.   But Major I.N.K. Dewage, a military spokesman, said he receieved the Tamil rebel casualties by intercepting rebel radio communications.

108.   But she has earlier ruled out talks with Tamil rebels until they surrendered all their weapons.

109.   But police believe the man might have been spying for Tamil rebels.

110.   But the government wants the agreement to ban the recruitment of child soldiers by the Tamil rebels.