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• Boeing Delivers Next-Generation B-52 Support Equipment Boeing 07 Jun 2000 -- The Boeing Company has delivered the first next-generation Off-Aircraft Pylon Tester for the B-52H Stratofortress to the U.S. Air Force.
• U.S. Navy Orders Fifth Boeing C-40A Airlifter Boeing 07 Jun 2000 -- The U.S. Navy has ordered a fifth Boeing 737-700C (Convertible) model for its Navy Unique Fleet Essential Airlift Replacement Aircraft program.
• ORBITAL'S PEGASUS ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES U.S. AIR FORCE SATELLITE Orbital Sciences Corp. 07 Jun 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that its air-launched Pegasus® rocket successfully boosted the U.S. Air Force's Tri-Service Experiments Mission 5 (TSX-5) satellite into its targeted orbit earlier in a mission that originated from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 07 Jun 2000
• PACIFIC COUPS Voice of America 07 June 2000 -- Malaita Eagle rebels released Solomon Island's Prime Minister, Bartholomew Ulufa'alu, after it was agreed parliament would convene next week to choose a new leader.
• SOLOMON ISLAND POL Voice of America 07 June 2000 -- As ethnic violence in the Solomon Islands intensifies, rebels have released Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu taken captive on Monday.
• LANKAN BOMB Voice of America 07 June 2000 -- In Sri Lanka, a government minister and at least 19 other people have been killed and over 60 others injured in a suicide bomb attack in the town of Ratmalana.
• CONGO / KINSHASA Voice of America 07 June 2000 -- At least 50 civilians are reported dead in fighting between armies from Uganda and Rwanda in the Congolese city of Kisangani.
• MANDELA / BURUNDI Voice of America 07 June 2000 -- The Burundi leader agreed to dismantle the so-called "re-groupment" camps where hundreds of mainly Hutu civilians have been living since late last year.
• Text: State Department Statement on U.S. Aid to Aceh 07 June 2000 -- Acting State Department Spokesman Philip Reeker announced on June 7 that the United States will be providing aid to Aceh.

News Reports

• PRESS BRIEFING ON UNITED NATIONS APPEAL FOR HORN OF AFRICA United Nations 07 Jun 2000