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• 8 March 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 08 Mar 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR United Nations 08 Mar 2000
• RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 08 March 2000 -- Russian aircraft and artillery are attacking the village of Komsomolskoye, trying to flush out hundreds of fighters there.
• Clear on Chechnya U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Washington Post 08 March 2000 -- On no other issue has it been more important for us to be clear than on the war in Chechnya. We respect Russia's territorial integrity, and we don't question its duty to combat terrorism on its own soil. But where Russian actions have called for criticism, we have not minced words.
• U-N SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 08 March 2000 -- A senior United Nations official said that serious human rights abuses continue in Sierra Leone, despite the presence of U-N peacekeeping troops in that West African nation.
• Text: U.S. Calls on Ethiopia and Eritrea to Keep Working for Peace 08 March 2000 -- The United States calls upon the governments of Eritrea and Ethiopia to remain "fully engaged" in the Organization of African Unity peace process, and extends its "unqualified support" to the continuing efforts of the OAU
• NIGERIA / SOKOTO Voice of America 08 March 2000 -- Calm has returned to the northern Nigerian city of Sokoto, after a student demonstration in favor of Islamic Sharia law on Tuesday turned violent.
• LEBANON / ISRAEL Voice of America 08 March 2000 -- Lebanon's president, Emile Lahoud, warned Israel to expect difficulties if it withdraws from southern Lebanon without a peace accord.
• COLOMBIA DRUGS Voice of America 08 March 2000 -- Located in Colombia's Amazon region, far from government control, Putumayo produces close to a quarter of the world's cocaine.
• ALBRIGHT / BOSNIA Voice of America 08 March 2000 -- Secretary of State Albright says next month's municipal elections in Bosnia can be a key step toward the goal of a multi-ethnic society.
• EIJ AFFILIATES IN LONDON CONDEMN EGYPTIAN EXECUTIONS AND CEASEFIRE Wednesday, March 08, 2000 -- Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) statements condemn on human rights grounds the Egyptian government's execution of two convicted jihad terrorists in February.

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