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• Oshkosh Truck Honored In Acquisition Excellence By U.S. Department Of Defense Oshkosh 22 May 2000 -- Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NASDAQ: OTRKB] received the Department of Defense's David Packard Acquisition Excellence Award at a ceremony held at the Pentagon.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 22 May 2000
• U.S. Envoy Jackson Says Sierra Leone Mission "Is on Target" By Jim Fisher-Thompson Washington File 22 May 2000 -- Before departing for Bamako, Mali, and the concluding leg of his special diplomatic mission to get the Lome peace process back on track in Sierra Leone and secure the release of U.N. peacekeepers held hostage there, the Reverend Jesse Jackson told journalists May 20 that so far "our mission is on target."
• Jesse Jackson Concludes West Africa Mission with Stop in Mali By Jim Fisher-Thompson Washington File 22 May 2000 -- The Reverend Jesse Jackson concluded a three-nation diplomatic mission to West Africa May 21 after holding what he said were productive discussions with President Alpha Oumar Konare and other Malian officials about regional solutions to the breakdown of peace in Sierra Leone.
• Security Council Increases Size of Sierra Leone Peacekeeping Mission By Judy Aita Washington File 22 May 2000 -- Saying it was concerned about the deteriorating security conditions in Sierra Leone, the Security Council May 19 authorized the expansion of the U.N. Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) to 13,000 troops and military observers.
• U-N SIERRA LEONE REPORT Voice of America 22 May 2000 -- U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan recommended another increase Monday in the size of the U-N peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone.
• BRITAIN / SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 22 May 2000 -- Britain says it has received a request from Sierra Leone for arms and ammunition to contain rebels of the Revolutionary United Front.
• U-N - LEBANON Voice of America 22 May 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council is considering a stepped-up presence for U-N peacekeepers in southern Lebanon following the withdrawal of Israeli troops.
• SOUTH LEBANON / HEZBOLLAH Voice of America 22 May 2000 -- The Israeli-supported South Lebanese Army -- the S-L-A -- has abandoned a dozen villages it formerly controlled in southern Lebanon and scores of S-L-A militiamen have surrendered to the Lebanese government.
• ISRAEL / LEBANON Voice of America 22 May 2000 -- In southern Lebanon, at least two people are dead after Israeli forces reportedly fired at Hezbollah guerrillas and civilians who have taken over villages near the Israeli border.
• PHILIPPINES SITREP Voice of America 22 May 2000 -- In the Philippines, Muslim rebels holding 21 hostages failed to show up for talks with government negotiators on Monday.
• LANKA/ SECURITY Voice of America 22 May 2000 -- More than 150-Tamil rebels have been killed in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna region in the latest round of fighting.

News Reports

• ORBITAL'S ROBOTIC 'CANADARM' HELPS SPACE SHUTTLE CREW PERFORM CRITICAL WORK ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Orbital Sciences Corp. 22 May 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that its Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS), also known as the 'Canadarm,' is playing a key role on NASA's current Space Shuttle Atlantis supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).