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• 10 February 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 10 Feb 2000
• RUSSIA - BABITKSY Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- A top official with the Chechen government says Andrei Babitsky is not being held by Chechen commanders in the war-torn region.
• Text: U.S. Statement on Chechnya, Babitsky to OSCE Permanent Council USIA 10 February 2000 -- Ambassador David Johnson, the U.S. representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said February 10 that Russia must investigate allegations of human rights violations in Chechnya.
• RUSSIA TRAIN / CHECHENS Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- Chechen rebels have ambushed Russian military trains in the first major raid since they pulled out of the capital Grozny. This, as Russian forces continue to pound rebel positions in Southern Chechnya.
• "Conditions and Prospects in East Timor" Stanley O. Roth, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and the Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs -- February 10, 2000 -- Since INTERFET deployed in East Timor, militia violence there has effectively ended. There have been several clashes between INTERFET forces and militias operating out of West Timor. However, within East Timor, most of the militias have either disbanded or fled to West Timor. We remain very concerned, however, about recent militia attacks on the borders of the East Timor enclave of Ambeno/Oecussi.
• International Relations Committee Chairman on East Timor USIA 10 February 2000 -- While much has been done to bring peace and stability to East Timor, much remains to be done, according to Representative Benjamin Gilman (Republican of New York).
• CONGRESS - EAST TIMOR Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- The U-S Congress is taking a close look at the situation in East Timor, as lawmakers prepare to receive the Clinton administration's aid request.
• LEBANON RAID / ARAB REACT Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- The Israeli raids in Lebanon have drawn widespread condemnation from leaders in the Arab world, and concern among political analysts that the military action may further harm the stalled peace negotiations between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
• ISRAEL / LEBANON Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- Israeli warplanes are continuing to bomb suspected Hezbollah guerrilla targets in southern Lebanon, but tensions along Israel's northern border are beginning to ease.
• NORTHERN IRELAND Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- In Northern Ireland, last-ditch efforts continue to try to avert the suspension of the power- sharing assembly, which was set up eight-weeks ago.
• U-N / CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council took note today (Thursday) of the successful conclusion of an almost two-year-old peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic.
• COHEN - AFRICA PEACE KEEPING Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- Defense secretary William Cohen is ruling out any US military peace keeping role in Congo or other African trouble spots, saying the US military is already stretched too thin.

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• SUHARTO PROBE Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- Indonesia's deposed president has been named a suspect in a government investigation into corruption.
• BRITAIN / HIJACK ENDS Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- Twenty-one people on board the hijacked Afghan airliner were arrested early Thursday morning in London after all the hostages were released unharmed.
• AFGHAN HIJACK / TALEBAN REACT Voice of America 10 February 2000 -- Taleban authorities in Afghanistan say they are grateful to Britain for bringing the hijacking of an Afghan airlines plane to a peaceful end.