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• Boeing Demonstrates JSF Weapon System Capabilities During Live-Fire Exercise Boeing 08 Jun 2000 -- Boeing successfully demonstrated the integrated weapon system capabilities of its Joint Strike Fighter design during a live-fire exercise conducted at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
• Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Moorestown Receives New Ten-Year Expanded Aegis Lifetime Support Contract Lockheed Martin 08 Jun 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems (NE&SS)-Moorestown announced that it has received a significant new contract from the U.S. Navy for Aegis Lifetime Support. This new contract represents a model for Prime Vendor Support contracts encompassing life cycle engineering and supply support for the Navy's Aegis fleet.
• Industrialization and production of NH90 - 400 million euros of potential orders for Thomson-CSF Thomson-CSF 08 Jun 2000 -- As part of the expected contract for the first industrialization and production phase of 243 helicopters, according to the governmental agreement signed June 8th 2000 between France, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands, Thomson-CSF, a key partner in the NH90 program, will be awarded orders worth around 400 million euros (2,5 bn francs).

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 08 Jun 2000
• SOLOMON ISLANDS COUP Voice of America 08 June 2000 -- The Commonwealth's envoy in Solomon Islands says there is hope of a ceasefire between warring ethnic groups.
• TROUBLE IN PARADISE Voice of America 08 June 2000 -- Within the past three weeks, two armed groups of men have taken over the parliaments of a pair of former British commonwealth island groups, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands.
• Legislative Fundraiser Increases Awareness for Sierra Leone By Corrie A. White Washington File 08 June 2000 -- The conflict in Sierra Leone has personal as well as policy implications and deserves a "higher profile" in America, say a group of legislative staffers who hosted a June 7 fundraiser for the non-governmental organization (NGO) Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
• SIERRA LEONE / BRITAIN Voice of America 08 June 2000 -- The British army will begin withdrawing the bulk of its soldiers from Sierra Leone next week.
• U.N. Brokers New Kisangani Cease-Fire in DRC By Judy Aita Washington File 08 June 2000 -- Secretary General Kofi Annan June 8 brokered a cease-fire between Rwandan and Uganda whose troops are fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) city of Kisangani.
• NEW CEASE-FIRE IN KISANGANI Voice of America 08 June 2000 -- U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan today (Thursday) arranged what is expected to be a new cease-fire between Rwandan and Ugandan troops in the Congolese city of Kisangani.
• CONGO / KINSHASA Voice of America 08 June 2000 -- Rwandan and Ugandan troops traded artillery fire across the northeastern Congolese city of Kisangani Thursday for the fourth day.
• SENEGAL / MAURITANIA Voice of America 08 June 2000 -- A water dispute between Senegal and Mauritania continues to worsen, with Senegal now calling on all its citizens to leave Mauritania.
• LANKAN BOMB - AFTERMATH Voice of America 08 June 2000 -- The Sri Lankan Government has appealed to the general public to remain calm and directed the police and the military to take stern action against anyone instigating acts of violence.
• RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 08 June 2000 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has imposed direct Kremlin rule in the breakaway Chechnya region.
• WARNINGS OF WAR IN CENTRAL ASIA Voice of America 08 June 2000 -- As the Afghanistan war drags on, analysts say there is a danger of it spreading in the region -- especially in view of Russia's recent threat of air strikes against the Taleban.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA United Nations 08 Jun 2000
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON 'NAMIBIA PLAN OF ACTION' United Nations 08 Jun 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY LEGAL COUNSEL United Nations 08 Jun 2000
• AIDS / SECURITY Voice of America 08 June 2000 -- Foreign policy and health experts are showing growing concern about the economic and security ramifications of the worldwide AIDS epidemic.