COLOMBO, Sri Lanka , March 02 , SPA --Tamil separatists set off aroadside bomb Sunday in northern Sri Lanka, killing agovernment soldier, while clashes elsewhere in the regionkilled 15 rebels, ap quoted the military as saying Sunday. The rebels exploded the roadside bomb Sunday in northernVavuniya district, killing a soldier, the military said ina statement. Separate clashes near rebel-controlled territory innorthern Jaffna and Vavuniya districts Saturday killed 15guerrillas, the statement said. Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan denied the military'sclaims. «This is the usual misinformation from the Sri Lankanside,» he said by telephone from the rebel-held town ofKilinochchi.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/532332