51.   Elsewhere, five soldiers and a paramilitary guard were killed in two small rebel attacks in the eastern Polonnaruwa and Ampara districts Saturday, the defense ministry said.

52.   Financial turmoil in Indonesia and the Philippines kept Taiwanese investment out of those countries last month, the ministry said.

53.   Five of those injured were hospitalized, and one later died, the ministry said.

54.   Following a car chase, he was cornered by police but resisted arrest, the ministry said without detailing where or when the robbery took place.

55.   Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel is to make a two-day trip to Finland and Lithuania this month to discuss European Union matters, the ministry said Wednesday.

56.   Four German soldiers serving in the Kosovo force were shaken but uninjured when their tank drove over a mine, the defense ministry said Saturday.

57.   Four more were being sought, the ministry said Sunday.

58.   German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has postponed his trip to Afghanistan because weather conditions would have made the flight hazardous, his ministry said Wednesday.

59.   Government troops attacked a Tamil Tiger rebel base in northern Sri Lanka, killing at least four guerrillas, the defense ministry said Tuesday.

60.   Heavy snowfall forced German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer to cancel a planned visit to Afghanistan Sunday, following a similar postponement earlier this month, his ministry said.