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• NAA Presents Collier Trophy to Boeing Super Hornet Team Boeing 04 May 2000 -- The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet team received the U.S. aerospace industry's highest honor during ceremonies last night. National Aeronautic Association President Donald Koranda presented the 1999 Robert J. Collier Trophy to representatives of Boeing, the U.S. Navy and the Hornet Industry Team.
• General Dynamics American Overseas Marine Wins Operations and Maintenance Contracts Worth Up To $140 Million General Dynamics 04 May 2000 -- General Dynamics American Overseas Marine (AMSEA) was recently awarded five contracts to operate and maintain ships for the U.S. government.
• Lockheed Martin CEO Coffman Calls For Equal Industry Access Throughout NATO Alliance To Correct 'Requirements-Capabilities Gap' Lockheed Martin 04 May 2000 -- U.S. and European defense companies should have equal opportunities to meet the military requirements of all NATO member governments, Vance Coffman, chairman and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin, said here at an industry symposium.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 04 May 2000
• AFRICA PEACEKEEPING Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- The deaths of four United Nations peacekeepers in Sierra Leone are raising concerns about future U-N peacekeeping missions in Africa - among them, one proposed for the Congo.
• SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, CONDEMNS ACTIONS OF RUF IN SIERRA LEONE, SAYS FODAY SANKOH 'MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE' Press Release SC/6852 - 4 May 2000 -- Security Council this afternoon demanded that the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) end its hostile actions, release immediately and unharmed all detained United Nations.
• SIERRA LEONE - U-N Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- In Sierra Leone, the United Nations says only four of its peacekeepers were killed on Tuesday, not seven as was initially reported.
• U-N ENVOY / BEIRUT Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- Lebanon is linking acceptance of an international force to an Israeli pullout from all occupied Lebanese territory.
• ISRAEL / LEBANON Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- Lebanese guerrillas have fired dozens of rockets into civilian areas in northern Israel injuring at least two people and causing property damage.
• PHILIPPINE HOSTAGES Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- There is growing concern over the fate of 21 hostages held in the southern Philippines after their Islamic separatist captors split them into small groups and took them deeper into the jungle.
• SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- The Sri Lankan government has mobilized the country to a war status in a bid to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels.
• RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- Russian officials today/Thursday denied reports they are planning to hold peace negotiations with Chechen leaders.
• ALGERIA - VIOLENCE Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- Reports from Algeria say Islamic militants have killed at least 19 people and wounded another 26 in what appears to be the worst flare up of violence to hit the North African country in recent months.
• INDONESIA / ACEH PEACE DEAL Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- Indonesia's human rights minister says the government will sign a cease-fire next week with separatist rebels from northern Aceh province.

News Reports

• COLOMBIAN MIGRANTS Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- Hundreds of Colombians rallied in Miami today (Thursday) demanding that the United States grant special protective status to tens of thousands of newly arrived Colombian migrants who fled their homeland to escape a brutal guerrilla war.
• COLOMBIA DRUGS Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- Colombia's largest leftist rebel group says it too wants to work to stop drug trafficking in the South American nation -- even though the guerrillas finance their struggle from revenues generated by the drug trade.
• ZIMBABWE / MILITARY Voice of America 04 May 2000 -- In Zimbabwe, credible reports have emerged about the involvement of government troops in coordinating and supporting the recent invasions of white-owned farms by independence war veterans and other poor landless blacks.