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• Boeing Awarded $2 Million DoD Contract for Next-Generation Communications System Boeing 09 Jun 2000 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced that a $2-million Department of Defense (DoD) contract has been awarded to the company's Government Information & Communications Systems (GI&CS) business area in Anaheim, Calif. to assist in the validation of an open systems architectural concept currently being developed for the DoD's Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Office.
• GE T700 Engines Valued at $300 Million Selected by Italy for NH90 Helicopters GE Aviation 09 Jun 2000 -- Under the terms of an aircraft production Memorandum of Understanding signed during the recent Berlin Air Show, the Italian government selected the T700/T6E1 turboshaft engine to power its entire fleet of 196 NH90 helicopters.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 09 Jun 2000
• UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES EXPRESS 'GRAVE CONCERN' OVER KISANGANI FIGHTING Press Release AFR/243 IHA/709 - 9 June 2000 -- The chiefs of five United Nations Humanitarian organizations expressed "grave concern" today about the deteriorating situation for civilians in the town of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• CONGO DEATHS Voice of America 09 June 2000 -- Officials of the International Rescue Committee estimate that one-point-seven-million people have died as a result of fighting in the area.
• CONGO / KINSHASA Voice of America 09 June 2000 -- Fighting between Ugandan and Rwandan troops is continuing for the fifth day in the northeastern Congolese city of Kisangani.
• SOLOMONS / POL Voice of America 09 June 2000 -- Rival ethnic militias in the Solomon Islands have called a truce in anticipation of the arrival of a high-level international delegation intent on mediating the conflict.
• PARADISE LOST Voice of America 09 June 2000 -- The attempted coup in the Solomon Islands June 5th by the Malaitan Eagle rebels was the second attack on an elected government in the South Pacific in recent weeks.
• Transcript: Pickering's VOA Interview on Afghanistan 09 June 2000 -- Under Secretary of State Thomas R. Pickering said the talks focused on efforts of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the United Nations Six-Plus-Two plan. Pickering also said there was interest in discussing the status of the former king of Afghanistan in any settlement.
• AFGHAN/DROUGHT Voice of America 09 June 2000 -- The United Nations says Afghanistan faces a record wheat shortfall this year because of a prolonged drought in the country.
• PRESS BRIEFING BY HEAD OF UNITED NATIONS INTERIM ADMINISTRATION IN KOSOVO United Nations 09 Jun 2000
• SRI LANKA SECURITY Voice of America 09 June 2000 -- In Sri Lanka, security has been stepped up in the capital city of Colombo and surrounding areas, after the death toll from Wednesday's bombing rose to 23.
• ETHIOPIA - ERITREA Voice of America 09 June 2000 -- There is more fighting in the Horn of Africa, with Eritrea saying Ethiopia has launched a large-scale offensive on their southern front.

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