1.   The alternative is more killed soldiers.

2.   Families of killed soldiers get about the same amount.

3.   Hundreds of relatives of the killed soldiers arrived from Poland.

4.   In the northern Jaffna district, a land mine on the road near Chavakachcheri destroyed a military truck and killed four soldiers, said Dewage.

5.   Maoist Shining Path guerrillas ambushed a military convoy and killed four soldiers, the Defense Ministry said Monday.

6.   On Sunday, the rebels ambushed a military patrol and killed three soldiers at Janakapura village in the north central Anuradhapura district, said Dunuwille.

7.   Tamil rebels attacked a military patrol and killed five soldiers in fighting that also killed four civilians, military officials said Sunday.

8.   The roadblock attack follows a nighttime assault by a Palestinian militia on a roadblock two days ago that killed six soldiers.

9.   Maoist rebels kidnapped and killed two Nepalese soldiers while one of the guerrillas was killed by security forces in the far west of the kingdom, officials said Tuesday.