41.   Tamil Tiger rebels said Thursday that a key guerrilla commander was killed in a Claymore mine explosion triggered by government troops, but the Defense Ministry denied it.

42.   The commander was killed on the spot, said the Israeli army commander for the area, identified only as Brig. Gen. Eyal.

43.   The army killed a commander of a rebel battalion in fighting outside the capital, the military said Wednesday as they displayed the corpse of the slain guerrilla chieftain.

44.   The commander was killed in an ambush in the village by a pro-government militia, Mulumba said.

45.   The commander himself was killed four years ago in an Hezbollah attack.

46.   The commander was killed this month and his predecessor was seriously injured in April.

47.   The network reported at least one Abu Sayyaf commander was killed in the hospital siege.

48.   The local security commander was also killed.

49.   The Israeli army said the Hezbollah commanders were killed by a commando unit of the crack Golani infantry brigade.

50.   The military killed rebel commander Abdullah Safei in December.