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• Boeing Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Confirm Expanded Relationship Boeing 15 May 2000 -- The Boeing Company and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) confirmed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to expand their broad cooperative relationship covering aerospace and other business areas. Boeing and MHI have been working closely together for more than 30 years, and this agreement extends that long and mutually beneficial relationship.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 15 May 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING 15 May 2000 - The United Nations "had not been unprepared" for recent events in Sierra Leone, and had tried to cope with the situation by using the resources and equipment it had, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bernard Miyet, told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.
• U-N / SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- A top United Nations official says the U-N peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone will stand firm despite recent setbacks.
• SIERRA LEONE / U-N Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- The United Nations says 139 peacekeepers have been released from rebel captivity and are now in Liberia.
• BRITAIN / SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- The British government says it has no intention of committing its troops to a combat role in Sierra Leone's civil war.
• Former Ambassador Cohen Reflects on Jackson Trip to Sierra Leone By Jim Fisher-Thompson Washington File 15 May 2000 -- Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman Cohen said the Reverend Jesse Jackson's May 16 trip to Sierra Leone to help restart the peace process and gain the release of U.N. peacekeepers taken hostage is a wise move by the U.S. government.
• Ethiopia-Eritrea Arms Embargo under Discussion By Judy Aita Washington File 15 May 2000 -- Secretary General Kofi Annan on May 15 urged Eritrea and Ethiopia to "heed the call for peace" as members of the Security Council began meeting to consider imposing an arms embargo on the two countries.
• U-N - ETHIOPIA-ERITREA Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council today (Monday) considered further action aimed at ending the fighting between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
• Transcript: Albright-Shihab Joint Press Availability on Indonesia 15 May 2000 -- The United States strongly supports the "Joint Understanding for Humanitarian Pause for Aceh" signed by the Government of Indonesia and the leadership of the Free Aceh Movement in Geneva May 12, according to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
• RWANDA GENOCIDE PLEA Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- A Belgian radio broadcaster has pleaded guilty at the United Nations Rwanda crimes tribunal to charges he incited genocide six years ago.
• PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- Rebels from the Abu Sayyaf - or bearer of the sword - guerrilla group say they want to meet face-to- face with top officials from the Philippines armed forces and national police before negotiations can proceed.
• CHIAPAS SECURITY - BISHOP Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- The Mexican bishop who recently took over the most influential religious post in the country's troubled Chiapas state has called on the government to reduce the number of troops in the area.
• LANKA/TROOPS Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has briefed representatives of all political parties on the military operation against Tamil rebels.
• RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- Russian warplanes bombed suspected rebel targets in Chechnya as a federal amnesty offer expired.

News Reports

• ZIMBABWE / CRISIS Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- Several foreign officials are visiting Zimbabwe, voicing hopes that the country's coming parliamentary elections will be free and fair.
• ZIMBABWE / STRATEGY Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- The South African author of a confidential strategy document prepared more than one year ago for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his ruling ZANU P-F party says he recommended the land issue be the driving force in the campaign for Zimbabwe's coming parliamentary elections.
• AIDS EPIDEMIC IN AFRICA Voice of America 15 May 2000 -- The American press is applauding a recent announcement by five international pharmaceutical firms that they will drastically cut the price of AIDS drugs to Africa, where the disease has infected 34- million people.