10 May 2000 Military News

767 AWACS Enter Service for Japan Boeing 10 May 2000 -- The first four Boeing-built 767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft have entered operational service for the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). The aircraft were delivered by Boeing between 1998 and 1999.
Sanders Receives $4 Million To Develop Lightweight Thermal Weapon Sight Lockheed Martin 10 May 2000 -- Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, has received a $4 million award from the U.S. Army's Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) for the second phase of a program to develop a Lightweight Thermal Weapon Sight (LTWS).
Boeing Delta II Launches Global Positioning Satellite for U.S. Air Force Boeing 10 May 2000 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket successfully replaced one of the first U.S. Air Force navigational satellites launched aboard another Delta 11 years ago.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 10 May 2000

ASIA-CHILD SOLDIERS Voice of America 10 May 2000 -- A coalition of social activists is scheduled to meet in Nepal next week to discuss ways to enact a global ban on the use of children as soldiers.

U-N ROUTED IN SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 10 May 2000 -- The United Nations peacekeeping effort in the West African nation of Sierra Leone is in jeopardy. An insurgent guerilla force has captured hundreds of U-N troops and Westerners are fleeing Freetown, the capital.
SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 10 May 2000 -- Thousands of civilians are flooding into Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, chased from their homes by new fighting between rebels and pro- government troops.
U-N - ETHIOPIA - ERITREA Voice of America 10 May 2000 -- Three days of shuttle-diplomacy by a U-N Security Council delegation has failed to persuade Ethiopia and Eritrea to resume stalled peace talks aimed at ending the two-year war.
ETHIOPIA / ERITREA Voice of America 10 May 2000 -- U-N ambassadors are continuing their efforts to end the border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
UNAMSIL Digging In Near Freetown By Judy Aita Washington File 10 May 2000 -- With Revolutionary United Front (RUF) fighters reported "on the move" in Sierra Leone, U.N. peacekeepers have begun consolidating their positions near Freetown, U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said May 10.

HOSTAGE TALKS FAIL Voice of America 10 May 2000 -- Negotiators in the Philippines failed Wednesday to convince Muslim rebels to free two ailing Europeans, who are among 21 captives being held in the south of the country.
PHILPPINES HOSTAGES Voice of America 10 May 2000 -- In the Philippines, emissaries are meeting with Abu Sayyaf Muslim rebels trying to secure the release of 21 mostly foreign hostages being held on the southern island of Jolo.

AFGHANISTAN TALKS CONCLUDE IN JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA; AGREEMENT REACHED ON PRISONER EXCHANGE Press Release SG/SM/7388 - AFG/115 -- 10 May 2000
UGANDA / RWANDA Voice of America 10 May 2000 -- Uganda and Rwanda are accusing each other of massing troops along their border.
LANKA/DEFENSE Voice of America 10 May 2000 -- Fierce fighting has broken out in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula. Military officials say the rebels breached army defenses in some places.
Dayton's Accords Working Slowly, U.N. Official Reports By Judy Aita Washington File 10 May 2000 -- Describing the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina's economy, the resettlement of displaced people, and the fractured national leadership, the U.N. High Representative to Bosnia said May 9 that progress in implementing the Dayton peace accords "is as slow and painful as ever -- but it is working."

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