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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 09 Aug 2000
• AFGHAN FIGHTING, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- Heavy fighting continues between Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement and opposition fighters in the northern part of the country.
• BOSNIA REFUGEES, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- Years after the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, more than one-million residents of that ethnically divided country still live as refugees.
• INDONESIA POL, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has caved-in to political pressure and handed over day-to- day running of his government to Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri.
• BRITAIN / YUGO, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- Two Britons and two Canadians charged with attempted terrorism in Yugoslavia have pleaded innocent in their preliminary hearing in a military court in Belgrade.
• YUGOSLAVIA/TRIAL, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- Two British citizens and two Canadians have pleaded innocent at a pre-trial hearing before a Yugoslav military court which is considering whether to bring terrorism related charges against them.
• LEBANON / DEPLOYMENT, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- A Lebanese security force of one-thousand soldiers and police are in position alongside U-N peacekeepers in south Lebanon.
• SOLOMON / BROKEN CEASE-FIRE, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- Rebel fighters in the Solomon Islands say they have launched a major offensive into an area under rival militia control.
• U-N / SUDAN, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- The United Nations says it is halting its humanitarian operation in Sudan until it has guarantees of security from the Sudanese government.
• U-S / SIERRA LEONE, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- Several hundred U-S military personnel could be on their way to West Africa to train and equip African troops who will be taking part in a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone.

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• MOSCOW BLAST AFTERMATH, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- Moscow is bracing for a wave of terrorist attacks after a bomb killed seven people Tuesday in a crowded underground walkway in the city center.
• MOSCOW BLAST, Voice of America, 09 August 2000 -- Russian police have detained two suspects in connection with a bomb blast in an underground Moscow walkway that killed at least seven people and injured 90 others.