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• ATK and Hellenic Arms Industry Agree to Co-Produce Tank Ammunition in Support Of Major Armor Procurement ATK 04 Oct 2000 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) (Alliant Techsystems), said it has signed an exclusive agreement with Hellenic Arms Industry (EBO), Athens, Greece, under which ATK will transfer to EBO the technology to produce ATK's family of 120mm tactical and training tank ammunition at EBO's manufacturing facility in Greece.
• Lockheed Martin Submarine Surveillance System Passes Critical Navy Milestone Lockheed Martin 04 Oct 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems announced that its electronic support measures (ESM) system for the Virginia and Los Angeles class submarine fleet has successfully completed a U.S. Navy Operation Evaluation (OPEVAL). Passing this milestone means that the AN/BLQ-10, as the system is called, is considered ready to be deployed by the Navy.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 04 Oct 2000
• Mideast-agreement, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- Israeli prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have reached a tentative agreement intended to end the violence in the West Bank and Gaza strip.
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- Palestinians and Israeli troops clashed again Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, leaving at least two more people dead.
• U-N-Mideast Debate Continues, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- Israel was harshly criticized today (Wednesday) as representatives of a group of mostly Arab nations spoke in the United Nations Security Council.
• EGYPT / SUMMIT PREVIEW, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is hosting a summit meeting Thursday in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh in hopes of stopping violence between Palestinians and Israeli troops and restarting the peace process shattered by a week of turmoil.
• IRAN / MIDEAST, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- Iran's President Mohammed Khattami is calling an emergency foreign ministers' meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference in response to the violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS / SHARON, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- A report on the controversy surrounding Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon, and how his actions could lead to such a deadly wave of violence.
• Annan "gratified" by progress at Middle East talks in Paris; in New York, Security Council speakers decry violence against Palestinians, UN News, 04 October 2000 -- Following a series of high-level meetings in Paris on the latest crisis in the Middle East, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he was gratified at the progress made and that the discussions would continue in Egypt.
• Commission on Human Rights urged to meet on Middle East crisis, UN News, 04 October 2000 -- The Council of Arab Permanent Members of the League of Arab States has requested a special session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to discuss the recent violence in the occupied territories and Israel, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said today.
• UN-sponsored meeting raises funds to aid Palestinians affected by latest crisis, UN News, 04 October 2000 -- An international meeting hosted by the United Nations office in Gaza has raised some $1.6 million to address the emergency health needs of the Palestinians affected by the current crisis in the Middle East, a UN spokesman said today.
• U-S YUGO REACT, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- President Clinton is predicting success for the anti-government demonstrators in the streets of Belgrade, but says they can achieve their goal without help from the U-S armed forces.
• YUGOSLAVIA / ELECTION, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- Yugoslav authorities are trying to bring an end to a strike by thousands of coal miners who have downed their tools as part of a nationwide protest in support of opposition presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica.
• RUSSIA / YUGOSLAVIA, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- As Yugoslavia's elections crisis deepens, there is still no word from either Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic or his opposition rival Vojislav Kostunica whether they will accept a Russian offer to mediate.
• MILOSEVIA / WAR CRIMES, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- The United Nations human rights envoy to the former Yugoslavia, Jiri Dienstbier, says Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic should be granted immunity in exchange for stepping down.
• Annan clarifies UN expert's statement on Milosevic, UN News, 04 October 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today dissociated himself from the suggestion by a United Nations human rights rapporteur that the war crimes indictment against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic be dropped, and stressed that as independent experts the rapporteurs did not speak for the Organization as a whole.
• Secretary-General Surprised By Human Rights Rapporteur's Suggestion That War Crimes Indictment Against Slobodan Milosevic Be Dropped, UN Press Release, 04 October 2000 -- The Secretary-General was surprised to learn of the statement attributed to Jiri Dienstbier, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, suggesting that the war crimes indictment against Slobodan Milosevic be dropped.
• INDONESIA / TIMOR ARREST, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- Indonesian Police officials say they have arrested Timorese militia leader - Eurico Guterres.
• Indonesia arrests leader of militia group in West Timor: UN mission, UN News, 04 October 2000 -- Indonesian authorities in West Timor have arrested militia leader Eurico Guterres, who is being held at the National Police Headquarters, according to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).
• RED CROSS / COLOMBIA, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross has suspended its evacuations of wounded fighters in Colombia, following the murder earlier this week (October 2) of a rebel under its care.
• U-N / SOMALIA HELP, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, Randolph Kent, has pledged vigorous U-N support for the new transitional national government in Somalia.
• As UN expands work in Somalia, UN official warns of growing security demands, UN News, 04 October 2000 -- As the United Nations deepens its engagement in humanitarian activities in Somalia, security remains a very difficult and sensitive issue, a UN senior official warned today.
• Press Briefing By United Nations Resident And Humanitarian Coordinator For Somalia, UN Press Briefing, 04 October 2000 -- The United Nations humanitarian and political efforts in Somalia would be stepped up to support the peace-building initiative there and, in particular, to support the new Transitional National Government, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.
• Green Berets will train West African peacekeepers, Stars and Stripes, 04 October 2000 -- A contingent of Special Forces soldiers will begin arriving in Nigeria over the next few days, tasked with training West African troops for a revitalized peacekeeping effort in war-torn Sierra Leone.
• In DR of Congo, UN's top human rights official urges respect for freedoms, UN News, 04 October 2000 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged the leadership of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

News Reports

• ZIMBABWE / ECONOMY, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- Zimbabwe's finance minister, Simba Makoni, has admitted that the country is in a serious economic crisis and international help is needed urgently.
• IVORY COAST-POL, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- Ivory Coast is bracing for a curfew and state of emergency that the military government is due to impose on Friday.
• Ivory Coast Explosion, Voice of America, 04 October 2000 -- A bomb was exploded in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, killing at least four people as the country's military government declares a state of emergency starting on Friday.