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05 June 2000 Military News

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Defense Industry

  • Lockheed Martin Transfers Key Aircraft Manufacturing Equipment to ENAER Lockheed Martin 05 Jun 2000 -- Officials of ENAER and Lockheed Martin have signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the transfer of an autoclave that will allow ENAER to manufacture advanced composite material parts for current and future generations of commercial and military aircraft.

Other Conflicts

  • DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 05 Jun 2000
  • Text: Journalism Group Criticizes Sri Lanka's Censorship 05 June 2000 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) sent a letter June 5 to the president of Sri Lanka stating that the organization is "deeply disturbed" that censorship regulations remain in place and restrictions on local media continue.
  • SRI LANKA CENSORSHIP Voice of America 05 June 2000 -- Sri Lanka's government is lifting its month- old censorship of foreign news reports on fighting between government troops and Tamil separatists.
  • SOLOMON / COUP Voice of America 05 June 2000 -- The prime minister and governor-general of the Solomon Islands have been taken hostage in a coup attempt staged by a militia group -- the Malaita Eagle Force.
  • INDONESIA / PAPUA Voice of America 05 June 2000 -- Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has rejected a declaration of independence for West Papua Province.
  • LEBANON / U-N Voice of America 05 June 2000 -- The United Nations says it has completed the charting of a line of withdrawal that can be used to confirm Israeli forces have pulled out of southern Lebanon.
  • NORTHERN IRELAND Voice of America 05 June 2000 -- Northern Ireland's home-rule assembly has resumed work after a four-month suspension because of the timing of paramilitary disarmament.
  • ETHIOPIA / ERITREA Voice of America 05 June 2000 -- Shelling continued Monday across the southern Bure front. Eritrea says the artillery exchange also included action from Ethiopia's air force.
  • CONGO / CLASHES Voice of America 05 June 2000 -- Fighting between Rwandan and Ugandan forces has broken out again in northeastern Congo, in the city of Kisangani.

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