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• Boeing Awarded $45 Million for 500-pound JDAM Development Boeing 29 Sep 2000 -- The U.S. Air Force recently awarded $45 million to The Boeing Company for engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) of the 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM.
• Electric Boat Wins $78 Million Contract for Virginia-class Submarine Work General Dynamics 29 Sep 2000 -- Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat a $77.8 million contract for Virginia-class submarine lead-yard services.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 29 Sep 2000
• UNHCR / AFGHANISTAN, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says in the last ten days more than eight-thousand Afghans have crossed into Pakistan to escape fighting in northeast Afghanistan.
• UN calls on parties in Afghanistan to ensure safety of civilians, aid workers, UN News, 29 September 2000 -- The United Nations today called on the warring parties in Afghanistan to ensure the security of civilians and aid workers, and to allow humanitarian assistance to reach those in need.
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- Israeli riot police have shot and killed at least four Palestinians and wounded scores more in clashes today/Friday in Jerusalem.
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS / SHOOTING, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- One Israeli police officer is dead and another wounded after a Palestinian policeman opened fire on them in the West Bank.
• U-N / Mandela / Burundi, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela today (Friday) urged rebels in Burundi to stop fighting and join in that nation's peace process.
• After briefing by Nelson Mandela, Security Council condemns attacks on civilians in Burundi, UN News, 29 September 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council today condemned all attacks on civilian populations in Burundi and urged armed rebel groups to settle their differences and implement the Arusha Peace Accord.
• Security Council Briefed By Nelson Mandela, Facilitator of Arusha Peace Process; Adopts Presidential Statement Condemning Attacks On Civilians, UN Press Release, 29 September 2000 -- There could be no justification for continued violent attacks on the civilian population in Burundi when a comprehensive political agreement had been reached and the way opened for all to bring their concerns to the political table, Nelson Mandela, Facilitator of the Arusha peace process, said this morning in a briefing to the Security Council.
• U-N-Timor, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- The top United Nations official in East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, today (Friday) called on the government of Indonesia to take aggressive action against armed militia groups.
• INDONESIA-TIMOR DISARMAMENT, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- An operation by Indonesian security forces to disarm marauding militias in West Timor has produced meager results.
• State Department on Disarming of Militias in West Timor, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 29 September 2000 -- "We agree it is crucial that disarmament succeed in order to allow refugees in West Timor the opportunity to decide in peace where they wish to settle, and to bring peace to the citizens of West Timor."
• Jakarta alone is responsible for ending West Timor attacks, Security Council told, UN News, 29 September 2000 -- The head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) told the Security Council today that the Government of Indonesia alone was responsible for dealing with violent militia in West Timor.
• Militias Root Cause of Problems For Untaet And Indonesia In East Timor, Secretary-General's Special Representative Tells Council, UN Press Release, 29 September 2000 -- There had been the two opposing developments in the East Timor situation since the Security Council last considered the Territory, Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), told an open Security Council briefing this afternoon. Escalating violence in West Timor was contrasted with encouraging progress in the reconstruction being carried out by UNTAET.
• UNHCR / ANGOLA, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says there has been a dramatic upsurge in the number of Angolan refugees fleeing into Zambia.
• UNITA rebels among new refugees arriving in Zambia: UNHCR, UN News, 29 September 2000 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today reported that approximately 50 members of the Angolan rebel group, UNITA were among some 8,500 refugees who had arrived in Zambia from Angola over the past five days.
• LANKA/REBELS, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have asked civilians to evacuate large areas in the northern Jaffna region, where heavy fighting is in progress.
• PHILIPPINES / HUMAN RIGHTS, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- Philippine Roman Catholic leaders are strongly criticizing the military operation against the Abu Sayyaf Muslim rebels, who are holding hostages in the southern Philippines.
• UN / CONGO, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- The United Nations' top human rights official, Mary Robinson, will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo (D-R-C) next Monday and Tuesday.

News Reports

• YUGOSLAVIA / OPTIONS, Voice of America, 29 September 2000 -- Last Sunday's presidential election in Yugoslavia has turned into a test of wills between Slobodan Milosevic and his opponents, who are demanding he step down, citing evidence that he lost. Tens-of-thousands have already taken to the streets to demand he give up power. But will this strategy prove effective or should the man who has been able to weather protests against him in the past be offered a chance to leave with dignity?
• Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart - Yugoslav Elections, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 29 September 2000 - Q: Joe, with respect to Serbia, if civil war should break out there, is the United States prepared to intervene militarily, or NATO? What is our military situation if this thing should break out over there?
• State Department Regular Briefing - Yugoslav Elections, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 29 September 2000 -- Q: Yugoslavia -- the former Yugoslav Prime Minister Milan Panic is very critical of insisting on Milosevic being brought to the The Hague saying if the United States and Europe continue to insist this it's going to lead to bloodshed and that he's writing a letter to President Clinton and to President Putin asking that Panic -- or Milosevic be given a plane to leave and that this would save the Serb people a lot of, perhaps, bloodshed. He fears a civil war. Is there any thinking on your part about this?
• NATO keeping quiet about Yugoslav voting, Stars and Stripes, 29 September 2000 -- As Western nations proclaim an opposition victory in the Yugoslav election, NATO is saying little about the vote and its aftermath, an alliance official said on Thursday.