61.   The White House meanwhile escalated attacks on the conservatives for refusing to end the shutdown.

62.   The Sri Lankan minister leading the military onslaught against Tamil guerrillas prayed for peace at an ancient Buddhist shrine as Tiger rebels escalated attacks, officials said Sunday.

63.   To push Syria into an agreement, Israeli officials have threatened to escalate attacks on Lebanon in the absence of a peace accord.

64.   Last week, the military escalated attacks against the Tigers by taking on a coastal base of the LTTE.

65.   Last week, the military also escalated attacks against the Tigers by taking on a coastal base of the LTTE.

66.   Tamil Tiger guerrillas blasted more power pylons and an electricity transformer in north-eastern Sri Lanka Tuesday, escalating their attacks in the region, officials said.

67.   Tamil Tiger guerrillas escalated their attacks in eastern Sri Lanka Sunday, killing seven soldiers and two civilians in three separate attacks, officials said.

68.   The authorities had warned that the Tigers may escalate attacks in the rest of the country to avenge the fall of territory held by them in the Jaffna peninsula.

69.   The LTTE had escalated its attacks in the east of the country after losing its former citadel of Jaffna in the north to security forces earlier this year.

70.   The LTTE had escalated its attacks in the east after losing its former citadel of Jaffna in the north of the country to security forces earlier this year.