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• Boeing Demonstrates Extended Range JDAM Boeing 27 Apr 2000 -- The Boeing Company and the U. S. Air Force recently demonstrated an extended range Joint Direct Attack Munition at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
• BAE SYSTEMS Agrees To Acquire Control Systems Business From Lockheed Martin For $510 Million Lockheed Martin 27 Apr 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) and BAE SYSTEMS North America, Inc. announced that they have reached a definitive agreement under which BAE SYSTEMS will acquire Lockheed Martin's Control Systems business for $510 million in cash.
• ATK Successfully Completes Second Static Test Firing of Solid Rocket Motor For Boeing Delta IV Launch Vehicle Family ATK 27 Apr 2000 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK), said Alliant Aerospace Propulsion Company, Magna, Utah, successfully completed the second of three static test firings to qualify a new solid rocket motor for The Boeing Company's Delta IV Medium-plus family of launch vehicles.

Other Conflicts

• 27 April 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 27 Apr 2000
• ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, DESCRIBES MONTH OF 'STEADY PROGRESS' IN EAST TIMOR Press Release SC/6850 -- 27 April 2000 - Steady progress had been made in East Timor over the past month, with security on the border with the Indonesian province of West Timor remaining generally stable, and even improving.
• U-N-EAST TIMOR Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- A senior U-N official presented a generally positive report today (Thursday) about the situation in East Timor.
• HOLBROOKE ON U-N PEACEKEEPING Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- The United States ambassador to the United Nations today (Thursday) expressed concern about mounting demands for U-N peacekeeping operations.
• PHILIPPINES - HOSTAGES Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- The negotiator seeking release of 21 hostages seized in Malaysia and taken to the Philippines, is ruling out ransom demands.
• ISRAEL / LEBANON Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- United Nations Special Envoy Terje Larsen has begun a tour of the Middle East to discuss Israel's planned troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
• LEBANON - SYRIA Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- A military court in Lebanon recently sentenced nearly one-dozen students to several weeks each in jail for demonstrating against the presence of 35-thousand Syrian forces in Lebanon.
• LANKAN FIGHTING Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have launched a new offensive in their bid to re-capture their former stronghold and capital, Jaffna.
• COLOMBIA/PEACE PROCESS Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- Unlike the demilitarized zone for the FARC, there will restrictions on the E-L-N area to prevent the rebels from creating their own government in the region.
• U-N / HUMAN RIGHTS Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- Human rights groups have praised the United Nations Human Rights Commission for its condemnation of Russia's military action in Chechnya.
• RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- President-elect Vladimir Putin has reiterated Russia's hardline policy in the breakaway Chechnya region. Meanwhile, details are emerging of heavy losses suffered by Russian troops.
• MANDELA / BURUNDI Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in Burundi Friday as part of a peace mission to end that country's ethnic violence.

News Reports

• ZIMBABWE Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- Zimbabwe is imposing new restrictions on political activity in anticipation of parliamentary elections later this year.
• ZIMBABWE - BRITAIN Voice of America 27 April 2000 -- Crucial talks trying to end the land crisis gripping Zimbabwe have been extended in London. But the two sides are finding it difficult to reach middle ground.