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• ATK Awarded $10 Million Contract to Produce Tactical Tank Ammunition for U.S. Army ATK 21 Jun 2000 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems, NYSE: ATK) said it has been awarded a contract valued at $10 million to produce 120mm tactical ammunition for use by the U.S. Army's M1A1/A2 Abrams main battle tank.
• Boeing Demonstrates Joint JSF and F-15 Training Simulation Boeing 21 Jun 2000 -- Boeing has successfully demonstrated the ability to link its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) full-mission simulator with U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command simulators off-site in order to conduct real-time cooperative training missions.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 21 Jun 2000
• U-N SIERRA LEONE ECOWAS Voice of America 21 June 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council and representatives of a west African regional group met today (Wednesday) to discuss the situation in Sierra Leone.
• African States Want Sankoh Tried for Reopening War in Sierra Leone Judy AitaWashington File 21 June 2000 -- The U.N. Security Council and the representatives of West African states are in agreement that Revolutionary United Front (RUF) leader Foday Sankoh should be tried for reopening Sierra Leone's eight-year-old civil war, diplomats said June 21.
• INDONESIA / VIOLENCE Voice of America 21 June 2000 -- The scope of bloodshed continues to widen in Indonesia's eastern Maluku Province, with at least 114 people killed and 709 others injured in clashes between Christians and Muslims.
• NIGERIA / SHARIA Voice of America 21 June 2000 -- Nigeria's northern state of Kano [pron: `KAH-no] has formally adopted the strict Islamic law known as Sharia.
• Security Council Extends Bosnia Mission Until 19 June 2001 By Vote of 14-0-1; Russian Federation Abstains, UN Press Release, 21 June 2000 -- The Security Council this morning, reaffirming its commitment to the political settlement of the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and preserving the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all States there within their internationally recognized borders, extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), which includes the International Police Task Force, until 19 June 2001.

News Reports

• PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN CHILDREN'S FUND United Nations 21 Jun 2000