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• CACI Awarded $48 Million Information Technology Contract to Support Air Force Research CACI 28 Sep 2000 -- CACI International Inc (NASDAQ:CACI) announced that it has been awarded a five-year, $48 million, task order contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome Research Site (AFRL/RRS/IFT) in Rome, New York, to provide broad access to technology resources critical to fulfilling AFRL/RRS research missions.
• U.S. Army Selects Honeywell-General Electric Engine To Power Self-Propelled Artillery and Tanks GE Aviation 28 Sep 2000 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a three-year, $196 million contract to a Honeywell-General Electric team to develop, produce and test 24 LV100-5 gas turbine engines for the Crusader self-propelled artillery system and as a retrofit engine for M1 Abrams main battle tanks.
• Lockheed Martin To Support Andersen Consulting Defense Supply Chain Modernization Effort Lockheed Martin 28 Sep 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego has been chosen as a major subcontractor under Andersen Consulting's five-year, $389.8 million Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Business Systems Modernization (BSM) program.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 28 Sep 2000
• SRI LANKA FIGHTING, Voice of America, 28 September 2000 -- Heavy fighting has gripped Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula.
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS, Voice of America, 28 September 2000 -- Israeli security forces have clashed with Palestinian demonstrators in Jerusalem's walled Old City.
• USAID Announces Plan to Help Displaced Persons in Colombia, U.S. Agency for International Development, 28 September 2000 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has granted $25 million to five non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide social services to 660,000 displaced Colombians.
• INDONESIA-TIMOR, Voice of America, 28 September 2000 -- Indonesian security forces are gearing up for what they say will be an operation to forcibly disarm the militias of West Timor.
• Security Council Sending Mission to Sierra Leone, USIS Washington File, 28 September 2000 -- The Security Council is planning to send 10 of its members on a seven-day mission to Sierra Leone to assess the full dimension of the situation before making any further decisions on U.N. peacekeeping operations in the country.
• Seized UN worker released in Liberia; Security Council discusses events in region, UN News, 28 September 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency announced today that its staff member abducted two weeks ago by gunmen in Guinea has been handed over by Liberian troops to Ivorian authorities in Liberia's capital, Monrovia.

News Reports

• FRY Election: Opposition's Run-Off Boycott A 'Mistake' Or 'Correct Response'?, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 28 September 2000 -- Foreign media commentary on the Yugoslav elections.
• Clinton-Yugo, Voice of America, 28 September 2000 -- President Clinton is calling on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to step down in the wake of Sunday's election defeat, and is promising immediate action to lift economic sanctions against Belgrade if there is a democratic change there.
• Amb. Johnson Says Serb Opposition Victory Must Be Respected, source, 28 September 2000 -- U.S. Mission to the OSCE , 28 September 2000 -- The United States Government believes the opposition has won the first round and that it has the protocol documentation compiled from individual polling sites to prove it.
• CLINTON, KOK: SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA SHOULD END ONCE DEMOCRACY RETURNS, USIS Washington File, 28 September 2000 -- NATO economic sanctions against Serbia should be lifted once a democratically elected government is installed in Belgrade, President Clinton said September 29 in remarks in a Sepember 28 press availability in the Rose Garden with Prime Minister Wim Kok of the Netherlands.
• YUGOSLAV ELECTION, Voice of America, 28 September 2000 -- Yugoslavia's democratic opposition is rejecting the government's decision to hold a second round of voting between its candidate, Vojislav Kostunica, and President Slobodan Milosevic.
• CLINTON-YUGO, Voice of America, 28 September 2000 -- President Clinton says the evidence of an outright victory by the Yugoslav opposition in Sunday's election is "persuasive" and he is pledging to seek an early end to international sanctions against Belgrade if a democratic government assumes power.
• YUGOSLAV ELECTION, Voice of America, 28 September 2000 -- Yugoslavia's opposition says it will take its fight against President Slobodan Milosevic beyond street protests and is calling for a blockade of government institutions.
• State Department Regular Briefing - Yugoslav Elections, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 28 September 2000 -- Q: There is talk that some Western official's envoys are suggesting to President Milosevic that if he decides to give up power and not force a second round, he may be able to find a graceful exit, implying that he may somehow escape a war crimes charge. Is there any change in your view on that? Are you looking to see him leave?