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• U.S. Marines Parachute Into V-22 History Boeing 17 Feb 2000 -- U.S. Marines from the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion II MEF, Camp Lejeune, N.C., jumped into the history books of V-22 developmental testing in January for the first ever parachute operations from a tiltrotor aircraft. They were the first personnel to deploy from an MV-22 in free fall from 10,000 ft.

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• 17 February 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 17 Feb 2000
• ON THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS SERGEI V. YASTRZHEMBSKY - assistant to the Russian Acting President 17.02.2000 -- As for the Argun Gorge, this is the place where the bulk of bandit groups is concentrated, according to available information. Federal troops are doing reconnoitring. Priority is given to aviation bombardment and shelling of targets but no active fighting has been reported so far. There is a struggle for commanding heights.
• RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 17 February 2000 -- Russian field commanders do acknowledge they are meeting "serious resistance" from Chechen rebels in both the Vedeno and Argun gorges.
• GROZNY Q&A Voice of America 17 February 2000 -- There are still several thousand civilians living here. However, there's very little in the way of provisions, other than what the Russian Government is providing them.
• CHECHNYA / RED CROSS Voice of America 17 February 2000 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross, the I-C-R-C, has renewed its appeal to Russian authorities for permission to visit detainees and to assist civilian victims of the fighting in Chechnya.
• U-N / EAST TIMOR Voice of America 17 February 2000 -- U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan is in East Timor to assess the devastation wrought by the spasm of militia violence last year.
• UNHCR / LIBERIA Voice of America 17 February 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says Liberia's recently announced decision to reopen its border with Guinea should speed the return of tens of thousands of refugees.
• Transcript: Asst. Secretary Rice Discusses Sierra Leone on Worldnet USIA 17 February 2000 -- The United States welcomes the signing of the Lome Accord by the Sierra Leone rebel leadership and "the modest progress that has been made in disarmament," Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Susan Rice said.
• LANKA - NORWAY Voice of America 17 February 2000 -- Norway's Foreign Minister says he will try to start direct peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels.
• KURDS OFFER TO TURKEY Voice of America 17 February 2000 -- The fighting has ended in southeastern Turkey, and the rebel Kurds say they want peace with democracy. The Turkish Government has not formally responded other than demanding that the Kurds disarm.
• CLINTON-AFRICA Voice of America 17 February 2000 -- President Clinton, addressing the privately-organized "National Summit on Africa" in Washington has appealed for expanded U-S involvement in Africa - including support for the planned U-N peacekeeping operation in Congo-Kinshasa

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• AD HOC COMMITTEE ON TERRORISM HEARS REPORT ON CONSULTATIONS ON DRAFT CONVENTION ON SUPPRESSION OF ACTS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM Press Release L/2944 - 17 February 2000 -- Coordinator Cate Steains (Australia) said that the differences in position still being expressed by delegations had led her to conclude that the time was not yet ripe for open-ended informal consultations to reach agreement on a text.