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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 03 May 2000
• Text: East Timor Repatriation and Security Act of 2000 03 May 2000 -- Representatives James McGovern (Democrat of Massachusetts) and Chris Smith (Republican of New Jersey) introduced May 3 H.R. 4357, a bill that would forbid U.S. military cooperation with the Indonesian military while East Timorese continue to be hindered from returning to their homeland and until "military attacks against East Timor are ended."
• U-N / EAST TIMOR ROLE Voice of America 03 May 2000 -- UNTAET -- the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor - was established to help rebuild the territory after it was laid waste by armed militia groups eight months ago. But the slow pace of improvement has led to a growing sense of resentment among many East Timorese.
• U-N SIERRA LEONE REACT Voice of America 03 May 2000 -- United Nations officials are expressing outrage at the killing of seven U-N peacekeepers in the west African Nation of Sierra Leone.
• SIERRA LEONE FIGHTING Voice of America 03 May 2000 -- According to the U-N mission in Sierra Leone, UNAMSIL, rebel fighters from the Revolutionary United Front, or R-U-F, attacked Kenyan peacekeeping units in the towns of Makeni and Magburaka on Tuesday.
• PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES Voice of America 03 May 2000 -- Fighting between Philippine troops and Islamic rebels has left at least four hostages dead and several others wounded.

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• ZIMBABWE / FARMS Voice of America 03 May 2000 -- It was a triumphant and unrepentant Mr. Mugabe who appeared before scores of supporters in Harare for the formal launch of his ruling ZANU P-F party's manifesto for the coming parliamentary elections.
• ZIMBABWE / MUGABE Voice of America 03 May 2000 -- President Robert Mugabe has rejected international criticism of his government over recent political violence tied to the seizures of white-owned farms by black war veterans and other landless poor.
• ZIMBABWE / CRISIS Voice of America 03 May 2000 -- Clearly over 70 percent of the people were not born in 1980, so there is no way they can be war veterans. These are unemployed thugs that the ruling party has rounded up in the cities and rural areas.
• COLOMBIA DRUGS Voice of America 03 May 2000 -- Drug production and trafficking flourishes in Colombia in large part because the dealers are protected by various armed groups - including leftist guerrillas and rightwing paramilitary organizations.
• AIDS SECURITY THREAT / MILITARY Voice of America 03 May 2000 -- The United States has declared AIDS a threat to national security, warning it has the potential to ignite ethnic conflicts abroad and could result in the collapse of some governments.