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• General Dynamics / USMC AAAV MTU Engine Successfully Completes 1,000 Hour Durability Test General Dynamics 27 Jun 2000 -- The DaimlerChrysler MTU Engine to be used in the General Dynamics-built Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV) for the USMC has successfully completed a 1,000 hour test in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• Boeing Acquires SVS, Inc. in Bid to Expand Laser and Optics Business Boeing 27 Jun 2000 -- The Boeing Company announced that it is in negotiations to acquire SVS, Inc., of Albuquerque, N.M., a high technology company with nationally-recognized expertise in the electro-optical arena. The announcement was made by Mike Skolnick, vice president and general manager of the Laser & Electro Optical Systems (LEOS) unit of The Boeing Company.
• ORBITAL'S MDA UNIT RECEIVES TWO MAJOR SPACE ROBOTICS ORDERS FOR SPACE STATION APPLICATIONS Orbital Sciences Corp. 27 Jun 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that its MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) subsidiary was recently awarded two new contracts for its space robotics systems from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 27 Jun 2000
• U-N-EAST TIMOR INDEPENDENCE Voice of America 27 June 2000 -- Sergio Vieira de Mello, the head of the U-N Mission in East Timor, told the Security Council that a political transition in East Timor requires a constitutional process that results in elections.
• MALUKU / MILITARY Voice of America 27 June 2000 -- The Indonesian Armed Forces are rotating troops out of the riot-ravaged province of Maluku, saying they have become involved in the fighting between Muslims and Christians.
• UNHCR / ERITREA Voice of America 27 June 2000 -- Eritrean refugees are slowly returning to their homes from camps in Sudan, despite a difficult humanitarian situation in Western Eritrea.
• CLINTON - ARMENIA Voice of America 27 June 2000 -- President Clinton and Armenian President Robert Kocharian met at the White House Tuesday to discuss prospects for ending Armenia's long running territorial dispute with neighboring Azerbaijan.
• U-N-H-C-R / ANGOLA Voice of America 27 June 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, says its emergency relief operation in northern Angola has come to a virtual standstill because of worsening security.

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