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• Lockheed Martin Delivers First 43 DSMACS of 644 Ordered for Tomahawk Cruise Missile Replenishment Lockheed Martin 30 Aug 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Akron has delivered the first 43 digital scene matching area correlators to Raytheon Company of the 644 ordered as part of the U.S. Navy's effort to replenish its Tomahawk cruise missile inventory.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 30 Aug 2000
• EAST TIMOR / ANNIVERSARY, Voice of America, 30 August 2000 -- Thousands of East Timorese are marking the first anniversary of the territory's vote for independence from Indonesia, by remembering the people who died in years of fighting there.
• Annan salutes East Timorese on first anniversary of vote for independence, UN News, 30 August 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UN Press Briefing, 30 August 2000 -- Although President Laurent Kabila had agreed to the deployment of United Nations troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, implementation might be delayed by his rejection of participation by South African specialized units.
• U-N-CONGO, Voice of America, 30 August 2000 -- A special United Nations envoy to Congo- Kinshasa said today (Wednesday) that Congo's President Laurent Kabila wants the world to recognize that his country has been invaded.
• Security Council members welcome signals from DR of Congo on UN deployment, UN News, 30 August 2000 -- Members of the Security Council today welcomed statements by the Kinshasa Government that it will facilitate the deployment of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
• SIERRA LEONE / BRITAIN, Voice of America, 30 August 2000 -- British military officers in Sierra Leone say negotiations are progressing to gain the release of 11 British soldiers who are being held hostage by renegade soldiers.
• Security Council to act soon on Annan's proposals for Sierra Leone mission, UN News, 30 August 2000
• Clinton Letter to Congress on Progress of Cyprus Talks, THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary, 30 August 2000 -- President Clinton sent the following letter to Congress August 31 reporting on progress toward a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus question for the period June 1-July 31, 2000.
• SOMALIA / PRESIDENT, Voice of America, 30 August 2000 -- Somalia's first president in nine years has arrived in his homeland, where he says he will try to re-establish a system of national government, but the feuding warlords who have controlled Somalia since 1991 are expected to resist any attempt to curb their power.
• PHILIPPINES HOSTAGE, Voice of America, 30 August 2000 -- The United States is refusing to negotiate with extremist Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines who are holding an American man hostage.
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY GRAND MUFTI OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, UN Press Briefing, 30 August 2000 -- Addressing correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning, the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mustafa Ceric, said that although peace did exist in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was not yet satisfied with the situation of Muslims in the area.
• PAKISTAN / AFGHAN / TURKMENISTAN, Voice of America, 30 August 2000 -- Regional leaders are stepping up efforts to promote peace in war-town Afghanistan.

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