02 March 2000 Military News

Boeing Studying Air-Launched Addition to Launch Vehicle Family Boeing 02 Mar 2000 -- A new air-launch system under development by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Thiokol Propulsion could increase U.S. military tactical responsiveness and expand Boeing civil and commercial launch capabilities.
Boeing, Raytheon Top Off Nation's Newest Launch Tower Boeing 02 Mar 2000 -- Workers from Boeing and Raytheon Engineers and Constructors took another step toward converting a historic Saturn 1 launch pad, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37).

2 March 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 02 Mar 2000

ISRAEL CLASH Voice of America 02 March 2000 -- Israeli police say at least two Palestinians belonging to the Hamas guerrilla group were killed in exchange of gunfire and a series of explosions in an Arab town in the northern part of the country.
RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 02 March 2000 -- Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov is calling for immediate negotiations with Moscow on ending the war in his breakaway republic, but says his forces are prepared to fight Russian troops indefinitely.
AFGHAN FIGHTING Voice of America 02 March 2000 -- Reports say fighting between Afghanistan's Taleban movement and opposition forces has continued for the second straight day north of the capital, Kabul.
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION STAFF EVACUATED FROM SOUTHERN SUDAN Press Release IHA/697 - 2 March 2000 -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today confirmed on behalf of Operation Lifeline Sudan the evacuation of 149 staff members of non-governmental organizations working under the umbrella of Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS).

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