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Defense Policy / Programs

• SMALL ARMS IN AFRICA (PT. 3) Voice of America 30 April 1999-- SMALL ARMS IN AFRICA (PT. 3) AFRICAN STATES ARE NOW ENGAGED IN A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE UNREGULATED SALE OF ASSAULT RIFLES AND OTHER LIGHT WEAPONS.
• SMALL ARMS IN AFRICA (PT. 2) Voice of America 30 April 1999-- IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA, SMALL ARMS HAVE BECOME PRIME CONTRIBUTORS TO REGIONAL INSTABILITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, FUELING NATIONALISTIC AND ETHNIC WARS IN THE CONTINENT. A LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THE INCREASING USE OF THESE LIGHT AND EASY TO USE WEAPONS ARMS ON AFRICAN SOCIETIES.
• SMALL ARMS IN AFRICA (PT. 1) Voice of America 30 April 1999-- ONE EFFECT OF THE CIVIL WAR RAGING THROUGHOUT AFRICA IS THAT THEY HAVE MADE SMALL ARMS WIDELY AVAILABLE, AND MANY OF THESE ARMS ARE IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS, BANDITS AND REBELS. A REPORT ON THE ILLICIT DISTRIBUTION AND FLOWS OF LIGHT WEAPONS IN AFRICA.

Defense Industry

• GREECE ANNOUNCES DECISION TO PURCHASE 50 ADDITIONAL LOCKHEED MARTIN F-16s Lockheed Martin 30 Apr 1999 -- The government of Greece announced today that it has decided to purchase at least 50 Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft after a long and intense evaluation that included consideration of the Boeing F-15 and several other fighters on the world market.

Other Conflicts

• 30 April 1999 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 30 Apr 1999
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND RWANDA United Nations 30 Apr 1999
• TIMOR THREATS Voice of America 30 April 1999-- HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS AND THE DIPLOMATS SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A THREAT IN EAST TIMOR BY A PRO-INDONESIA MILITIA GROUP, WHICH REPORTEDLY SAYS IT IS PLANNING TO ATTACK THE EAST TIMORESE CAPITAL OF DILI ON FRIDAY.
• TURKEY / OCALAN Voice of America 30 April 1999-- A SPECIAL TURKISH COURT SAYS THE TRIAL OF KURDISH REBEL LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN WILL BEGIN ON MAY 31ST. THE KURDISH LEADER IS CHARGED WITH TREASON FOR FOUNDING AND LEADING THE SEPARATIST KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY, P-K-K.
• TALEBAN RULE IN AFGHANISTAN Voice of America 30 April 1999-- AFGHANISTAN IS ONE OF THE MOST REPRESSIVE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TODAY.THERE IS GROWING HOSTILITY TOWARD THE TALEBAN. SOME COMMENTARY ON THEIR ROLE IN CONTEMPORARY AFGHANISTAN.

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