17 March 1999 Military News

Boeing Super Hornet Completes Sea Trials Boeing 17 Mar 1999 -- The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet completed its second round of sea trials three days ahead of schedule. Both of the F models, or two-seat versions of the aircraft, ferried from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman off the coast of Florida to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., March 14.

17 March 1999 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 17 Mar 1999

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT United Nations 17 Mar 1999

PHILIPINES / REBELS Voice of America 17 March 1999 -- MUSLIM SEPARATIST FIGHTERS, MEMBERS OF THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT, OR M-I-L-F, CLASHED WITH SOLDIERS, WHO WERE REINFORCED BY POLICE AND MEMBERS OF A CHRISTIAN CULT.
ZEDILLO/ZAPATISTAS Voice of America 17 March 1999 -- HUNDREDS OF MASKED GUERRILLAS FROM THE ZAPATISTA REBEL MOVEMENT IN MEXICO'S SOUTHERN STATE OF CHIAPAS HAVE TAKEN UP POSITIONS IN EVERY PART OF MEXICO TO CARRY OUT A REFERENDUM ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS.
ETHIOPIA / ERITREA FIGHTING Voice of America 17 March 1999 -- ERITREA SAYS IT HAS CRUSHED AN ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE ON THE CENTRAL FRONT OF THEIR BORDER WAR. ETHIOPIA SAYS THE BATTLE IS NOT OVER YET.
ANGOLA/ZAMBIA Voice of America 17 March 1999 -- THE ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT HAS REQUESTED AN URGENT MEETING WITH ZAMBIAN AUTHORITIES TO DISCUSS ALLEGATIONS THAT ZAMBIA IS SUPPLYING ARMS TO THE "UNITA" REBEL MOVEMENT.
U-N / AFGHANISTAN AGREEMENT Voice of America 17 March 1999 -- MORE TALKS ARE STILL NEEDED TO ARRANGE A CEASE-FIRE, CREATE A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ENSURE THAT THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE PROTECTED.

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