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• Lockheed Martin Delivers 150,000th PC Common Operating Environment Package To U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin 02 May 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Owego has delivered the 150,000th Microsoft® Personal Computer Common Operating Environment (PC COE) configured software package for the U.S. Air Force.
• Lockheed Martin NE&SS-Syracuse Wins Contract For Further Upgrades To United Kingdom Radars Lockheed Martin 02 May 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Syracuse (NE&SS-Syracuse) announced that it has been awarded a contract in excess of $2.5 million from the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force (RAF) for continued upgrades to its FPS-117 radars.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 02 May 2000
• U-N-SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council tonight (Tuesday) condemned the recent attacks on U-N peacekeepers in the western African nation of Sierra Leone.
• SIERRA LEONE / U-N TROOPS Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone says 17 peacekeepers have been detained by former rebels in the north and east of the country.
• UNHCR / EAST TIMOR Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, the U- N-H-C-R, reports that many of the East Timorese refugees remaining in West Timor are reluctant to return home because they fear for their security.
• SUDAN AFTER AL-TURABI Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- The five months since Mr. Turabi was shunted aside have seen a series of efforts by Sudan to improve ties with its neighbors and the United States.
• SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS 'OUTRAGEOUS, CRIMINAL' ACTS AGAINST UN PEACEKEEPERS IN SIERRA LEONE Press Release SG/SM/7377 - 2 May 2000 -- The Secretary-General is deeply disturbed by recent incidents in Sierra Leone, during which fighters belonging to the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) have physically obstructed the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration process.
• PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- Muslim extremists in the Southern Philippines have threatened to behead some of the hostages they kidnapped from a Malaysian diving resort last month.
• CHIAPAS BISHOP Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- The new Catholic bishop in southern Mexico's troubled state of Chiapas says he hopes he can help bring about a peaceful settlement of the conflict.
• LANKA / PALLAI Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have taken Pallai -- a key military base on the Jaffna Peninsula -- and are attacking another important military camp.
• CAMBODIA / KHMER ROUGE Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- The United Nations' preliminary deal to try leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge for genocide appeared in jeopardy Tuesday.
• EMBATTLED ARMENIA Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- In Armenia's ongoing power struggle, President Robert Kocharian has dismissed two of his major opponents, the prime minister and the defense minister. On a trip to Moscow, they had just agreed to accept a Russian army division that is scheduled to withdraw from neighboring Georgia.

News Reports

• ASIA/PIRACY Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- In Asia's waters, the number of reported pirate attacks on ships has jumped threefold in the last five years and presents a major safety threat to vessels and crews.
• ZIMBABWE / FARM POLITICS Voice of America 02 May 2000 -- Zimbabwe's ruling, but widely unpopular, ZANU P-F party appears resigned to losing urban constituencies to the opposition Movement for Democratic Change in upcoming parliamentary elections.
• Boeing Delta II Program Receives NASA's George M. Low Award Boeing 02 May 2000 -- Commitment to innovative management, quality and customer service earned the Boeing Delta II launch team NASA's George M. Low award. This award is NASA's highest honor for quality and technical performance.
• ORBITAL COMPLETES NEW SATELLITE MANUFACTURING FACILITY AT COMPANY'S DULLES, VIRGINIA CAMPUS Orbital Sciences Corp. 02 May 2000 -- The largest U.S. satellite manufacturing facility (SMF) east of the Mississippi River is now ready for occupancy, Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced.