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• Sanders Completes Captive Seeker Testing for ATIRCM/CMWS Lockheed Martin 16 Aug 2000 -- Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, has successfully completed the initial phase of Contractor Flight Testing for the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures/Common Missile Warning System (ATIRCM/CMWS).

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 16 Aug 2000
• U-N-CONGO, Voice of America, 16 August 2000 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the deployment of more than five thousand U-N troops to Congo has been prevented by continued fighting in the country and by obstructionism by the government of Congo.
• U.N. Delays Plans for Congo Peacekeeping Mission, USIA Washington File, 16 August 2000 -- Citing a series of problems in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Secretary-General Kofi Annan August 16 asked the Security Council to give him more time to work out recommendations on deploying an expanded United Nations peacekeeping operation in the country.
• Annan asks for interim extension of UN mission in DR of Congo, UN News, 16 August 2000
• Annan announces resumption of UN humanitarian flights to Sudan, UN News, 16 August 2000
• UNITED NATIONS TO RESUME ALL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FLIGHTS THROUGHOUT SUDAN, SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES, UN Press Release, 16 August 2000
• UNHCHR / ANGOLAN REFUGEES, Voice of America, 16 August 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says the situation in Angola is worsening.
• U.S. Laments Deaths of Colombian Children Caught in Crossfire, STATEMENT BY PHILIP T. REEKER, DEPUTY SPOKESMAN, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 16 August 2000 -- On August 15, a group of Colombian students was caught in a cross-fire between Marxist rebels and the army in a war-torn corner of Colombia.
• KASHMIR FRUSTRATION, Voice of America, 16 August 2000 -- Tensions are at the breaking point in Indian- administered Kashmir.
• State Dept. Spokesman Reeker's Statement on Lusaka Summit, 16 August 2000 -- We hope the Kinshasa Government will reconsider its refusal to honor the agreement it has signed and will join with the other parties in working towards the peaceful resolution of the Congolese conflict.
• TENSE MONTENEGRO, Voice of America, 16 August 2000 -- Another part of Yugoslavia is threatening to erupt.
• UN succeeding in efforts to integrate Bosnian police force, Security Council told, UN News, 16 August 2000
• Army secretary blames Milosevic for recent unrest, Stars and Stripes, 16 August 2000
• SULAWESI CONFLICT, Voice of America, 16 August 2000 -- Fears of violence spreading into other parts of Indonesia.

News Reports

• Boeing Delta III Failure Investigation Results Released Boeing 16 Aug 2000 -- Boeing released the findings of its investigation into the May 1999 failure of a Delta III rocket.