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• Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems Establishes Distinct Lifetime Support Line Of Business Lockheed Martin 01 May 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems (NE&SS) formally organized its Lifetime Support activities for a range of US Navy programs into a distinct line of business, solidifying its position in the Lifetime Support market in which NE&SS presently has annual sales of over $300 million.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 01 May 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY HEAD OF SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO KOSOVO United Nations 01 May 2000
• PHILIPPINES HOSTAGE Voice of America 01 May 2000 -- A Philippine government doctor visited 21 foreign hostages Monday afternoon as efforts to end two hostage dramas in the Southern Philippines appear to be making little progress.
• LEBANON ECONOMY Voice of America 01 May 2000 -- A visitor arriving in Lebanon after a long absence is immediately struck by how quickly the country appears to have recovered from the devastating civil war of the 1970s and 1980s.
• SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE, 29 APRIL TO 15 JULY Press Release SG/SM/7374 - 1 May 2000
• CONGO - KINSHASA Voice of America 01 May 2000 -- The president of Congo-Kinshasa and several other African leaders wrap-up a one-day summit in Algeria where they discussed the cease-fire in Congo
• U.N. Security Council Mission Leaving for DRC By Judy Aita Washington File 01 May 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which plans to meet with representatives of all the signatories to that country's cease-fire agreement, is viewed as a benchmark undertaking by many of its participants.

News Reports

• COHEN - AIDS Voice of America 01 May 2000 -- Defense Secretary William Cohen says the military will join the struggle against AIDS by listening to African leaders and pressing the U-S Congress for more money to fight the disease.
• CLINTON - AIDS Voice of America 01 May 2000 -- The Clinton administration says it will seek greater support from U-S allies in the fight against the global spread of the deadly disease AIDS.
• AIDS SECURITY THREAT Voice of America 01 May 2000 -- The United States has declared AIDS a threat to national security, saying it could help topple foreign governments, hinder economic and democratic reforms and even trigger ethnic conflicts.
• PAK / AFGHAN / U-S TERRORISM Voice of America 01 May 2000 -- Officials in Afghanistan and Pakistan have strongly denied State Department allegations that their countries provide support to people involved in international terrorism.