11.   Five Tamil separatists, allegedly linked to a plot to assassinate President Chandrika Kumaratunga, have been arrested, police said Thursday.

12.   Five Tamil separatists who were collecting information for a plan to assassinate President Chandrika Kumaratunga have been arrested, police said Thursday.

13.   For the first time since the military began a major offensive five days ago, thousands of Tamil separatists launched a large counterattack Friday.

14.   Foreign and national media will be allowed to report only what military spokesmen say about the fighting between Tamil separatists and government troops.

15.   Four soldiers were killed in northern Sri Lanka when their jeep was blown up by a land mine laid by Tamil separatists, the defense ministry said Wednesday.

16.   Government troops killed three Tamil separatists Tuesday in retaliation for a guerrilla attack in northern part of the country, the military said.

17.   Government troops shot and killed five Tamil separatists in northern Sri Lanka, the Defense Ministry said Friday.

18.   He most recently visited Sri Lanka, where there are widespread reports of disappearances and killings committed by both the government and Tamil separatists.

19.   Hoping to address the demands of Tamil separatists fighting for a homeland in the north and east, the government has proposed making Sri Lanka a federation of regions.

20.   Hundreds of Tamil separatists, pounded for five days in a major government offensive, launched a counterattack Friday and shot down an air force plane.