51.   At the same time, another military patrol encircled a guerrilla observation post and captured three rebels near Weligahakanda village in the same district.

52.   Bad weather and the start of Italian military patrols off the Albanian coast had apparently combined to discourage new sailings in the two preceeding days.

53.   But officials are on alert for suspicious letters and packages, bomb-sniffing dogs are deployed around summit venues and military patrols have been stepped up.

54.   But the guerrillas send fighters in boats across the shallow Jaffna Lagoon to attack military patrols.

55.   But rebels in civilian clothes continue to harass military patrols in the peninsula almost daily.

56.   But rebels in civilian clothes continued to harass military patrols in the peninsula almost daily.

57.   But rebels frequently cross a lagoon to the Jaffna Peninsula from their jungle bases on the mainland and attack military patrols.

58.   But small groups of rebels often cross a shallow lagoon in small boats to carry out hit-and-run attacks on military patrols on the peninsula.

59.   Calm returned to neighborhoods watched by joint police and military patrols.

60.   Colvin and a group of rebels escorting her were trying to enter government-held Vavuniya when a Sri Lankan military patrol challenged them, police said.