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• New Lockheed Martin Radar Will Provide Dramatic Reduction in Support Costs Lockheed Martin 13 Sep 2000 -- Lockheed Martin introduced at the Air Force Association's 2000 Aerospace Technology Exposition its newest air surveillance radar. Designated the TPS-117, the L-band, tactical transportable radar provides continuous high-quality 3-D coverage data on aircraft targets out to 250 nautical miles.
• C-27J Spartan Test Flight Program Gets Third Aircraft Lockheed Martin 13 Sep 2000 -- The C-27J Spartan flight test program received its third and final aircraft on Sept. 8 when the Lockheed Martin-Alenia team flew Spartan #4033 for the first time at Alenia's flight test facility in Turin, Italy. The flight lasted 1 ½ hours and met all objectives.
• Lockheed Martin Focuses Corporatewide Resources to Modernize and Refresh Military Electronic Systems Lockheed Martin 13 Sep 2000 -- Drawing on its extensive experience in aeronautics, space, electronics, systems engineering and integration, Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) announced a broad new business initiative to address the growing challenge posed by modernizing military electronic systems.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 13 Sep 2000
• Diamond Industry Spokesman Speaks Out on Conflict Diamonds, Statement of Jeffrey Fischer, President, Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association of America, 13 September 2000 -- A representative of the world diamond industry on September 13 asked lawmakers in the House of Representatives to consider incorporating proposals by the World Diamond Council into legislation that aims to control the import of diamonds from Africa's conflict zones.
• U.S. Lawmakers Consider Conflict Diamond Legislation, Statement of the Honorable Frank R. Wolf, M.C., Virginia, 13 September 2000 -- Members of the U.S. House of Representatives on September 13 heard testimony regarding legislation that, if passed, would impose import restrictions on known "conflict diamond areas" in West Africa.
• Cohen Asia Trip Includes Strong Message to Indonesians, American Forces Press Service, 13 September 2000 -- Defense Secretary William S. Cohenwill take "a strong message to the leaders of Indonesia" as partof his nine-day trip to Asia.
• INDONESIA-BLAST, Voice of America, 13 September 2000 -- The Jakarta Stock Exchange was rocked by a powerful explosion Wednesday that killed at least one person and injured at least 23 more.
• IRELAND - VIOLENCE, Voice of America, 13 September 2000 -- A bomb exploded Wednesday outside the police station in the Northern Ireland town of Armagh, a day after a terrorist attack on an army base and a blast outside a Belfast bar.
• CLINTON - NORTHERN IRELAND, Voice of America, 13 September 2000 -- The leaders of Northern Ireland's power- sharing government are signaling that this week's violence in the province will not set back the peace process.
• TIMOR-REFUGEES, Voice of America, 13 September 2000 -- Concern for the plight of refugees in the Indonesian-controlled portion of the island of Timor continues to grow.
• Indonesian Government Must End Timor Violence, USIS Washington File, 13 September 2000 -- The international community must take action to prevent violence from returning to East and West Timor, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke said September 13.
• East Timor: slain UN aid workers honoured at memorial service, UN News, 13 September 2000 -- More than 500 people attended a memorial service today in Dili, East Timor, to honour the three United Nations relief workers who were killed last week in Atambua, Indonesia.
• PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES UPDATE, Voice of America, 13 September 2000 -- The Philippine government says it will continue negotiations with Muslim rebels to end the five month hostage crisis, but is not ruling out military options.
• TURKEY / ISLAM, Voice of America, 13 September 2000 -- A Turkish court has issued an arrest warrant for the country's first Islamic prime minister, Necmettin Erbakan, on charges of inciting ethnic and religious hatred.
• NATO watching Yugoslavia closely, USAFE commander says, Stars and Stripes, 13 September 2000 -- NATO's deeply ingrained "defensive culture" would make it almost impossible for the alliance to pre-empt a potential explosion in the increasingly tense relationship between Montenegro and Serbia, a senior U.S. military official said Tuesday.
• SAF / SECURITY, Voice of America, 13 September 2000 -- Government officials say they are "at war" with the Muslim organization they blame for a recent upsurge in terrorist attacks.
• UN begins deploying military observers in Eritrea and Ethiopia, UN News, 13 September 2000 -- The United Nations today began deploying the first of 46 military observers to Eritrea and Ethiopia, as part of its mission in the two countries.
• U-N-CYPRUS TALKS PROBLEM, Voice of America, 13 September 2000 -- The President of Cyprus, Glafcos Clerides, decided not to attend the second day of U-N sponsored talks on Cyprus, as he seeks clarification of a statement by U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
• PAK / UNHCR, Voice of America, 13 September 2000 -- With the hope of highlighting the ongoing refugee problem in and around Afghanistan, the U-N High Commissioner for Refugees is about to begin a four-day visit to South Asia.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY EUROPEAN UNION United Nations 13 Sep 2000
• ZIMBABWE / IMF, Voice of America, 13 September 2000 -- A team from the International Monetary Fund says the organization will not resume lending to Zimbabwe until the farm crisis is resolved and the country's financial affairs are in order.