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• Boeing Begins Assembly of New U.S. Air Force F-15E Aircraft Boeing 05 Oct 2000 -- The Boeing Company began production of the first of 10 new U.S. Air Force F-15E aircraft as workers here mated the upper and lower halves of the aircraft's forward-wing bulkhead structure.

Defense Industry

• Sanders Receives $225 Million Award for EMD Phase of THAAD Lockheed Martin 05 Oct 2000 -- Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, has received an eight-year, $225 million award from Lockheed Martin in support of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the U.S. Army's Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) system.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 05 Oct 2000
• Peacekeeping Mandates - Not Costs - Unrealistic, Fifth Committee Told, UN Press Release, 05 October 2000 -- It was disconcerting that the troop-contributing countries were being told that the monies owed to them would only be reimbursed if the richest countries got relief from a peacekeeping scale which was not even a fleabite for them, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning.
• Remarks by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 05 October 2000 -- President Clinton has already announced that the parties have agreed that the United States will chair a trilateral security committee to facilitate the process of security cooperation. CIA Director Tenet took part in the Paris discussions and will remain involved in this effort. The two leaders also agreed that there is no place in the peace process for violence and that negotiations are the only way to achieve their objectives.
• ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS UPDATE, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, has appealed to the international community to help end the violence that has killed nearly 70 people.
• EGYPT / SUMMIT, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says the United States will head an inquiry into the causes of a week of violence in the West Bank and Gaza.
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- At least one Palestinian protester was shot and killed (Thursday) during demonstrations in the Gaza Strip, despite efforts to end the violence that has left about 70 people dead.
• ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- Israel has pulled back tanks from flash points in the West Bank and Palestinians have pledged to control rioting in an effort to end the violence that has left nearly 70 people dead.
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS / HOSPITAL, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- A hospital at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem has found itself at the crossroads of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The institution is not only treating the wounded from the recent clashes but has itself also come under attack.
• Albright Press Conference on Mideast Violence, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 05 October 2000 - "In recent days, the Palestinians and Israelis have gone through an extremely volatile and tragic period. There have been too many funerals, too much sorrow, too many tears shed and too many lives shattered. A way must be found to put an end to the bloodshed, the violence, the victims and the pain."
• Security Council wraps up three-day debate on violence in Middle East, UN News, 05 October 2000 -- The Security Council this afternoon wrapped up three days of open debate on the latest crisis in the Middle East and decided to meet later in the evening in closed-door consultations to consider a draft resolution.
• Middle East Violence, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 05 October 2000 -- Foreign media commentary on the recent violence between Palestinians and Israeli forces.
• IRAN / DEMONSTRATION, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- Thousands of people have demonstrated in central Tehran to protest the violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories, in which about 70 people, mostly Palestinians, have died.
• Yugoslavia Elections, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- More than half a million-opposition supporters in Belgrade have stormed the federal parliament, television tower and other symbols of the Milosevic's regime.
• Serb/Americans react, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- Serb/Americans are reacting with shock and excitement to the developments in Belgrade.
• U.S. / YUGO, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- President Clinton, expressing hope a democratic transformation in Yugoslavia is at hand, has reiterated U-S readiness to quickly drop sanctions against Belgrade once Slobodan Milosevic leaves the scene.
• U-N-YUGO REAX, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan has again called for respect for democracy in the former Yugoslavia.
• U-S YUGOSLAVIA, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- President Clinton is strongly backing demonstrators in Belgrade who are demanding Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic accept defeat in last month's elections.
• BRITAIN / YUGOSLAVIA, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- Britain, along with other European countries and the United States, is calling on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to step down to prevent more violence as anti-Milosevic demonstrations spread.
• YUGOSLAVIA / CONFUSION, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- Anti-Milosevic demonstrations are spreading and turning violent after Yugoslavia's Constitutional Court annulled the presidential elections.
• YUGO ELECTIONS, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- In Yugoslavia, anti-government demonstrators have stormed the country's parliament building in Belgrade.
• Yugoslavia Elections, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- Yugoslav Police have clashed with demonstrators who set fire to parts of the Federal Assembly building in Belgrade.
• Yugoslavia Elections, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- Yugoslavia's democratic opposition is preparing for a massive rally in Belgrade as it awaits President Slobodan Milosevic's response to a Thursday afternoon deadline to concede defeat to its candidate Vojislav Kostunica.
• Clinton Hopes Hour Near When Serbia Can Be Welcomed To Democracy, USIS Washington File, 05 October 2000 -- President Clinton told students at Princeton University the afternoon of October 5 that "the people of Serbia have spoken with their ballot, they have spoken on the streets. I hope the hour is near when their voices will be heard and we can welcome them to democracy, to Europe, to the world's community.
• U.S. Calls on FRY Regime to Respect the Will of the People, U.S. Mission to the OSCE, Vienna, 05 October 2000 -- We believe that strong, effective, popular action by the people of Serbia will be the critical element in forcing Milosevic to accept reality.
• U.S. Calls for Release of Foreign Detainees in Yugoslavia, U.S. Mission to the OSCE, Vienna, 05 October 2000 -- The United States continues to support fully your efforts as well as those of the Secretary General and other OSCE partners around this table, in particular, the European Union, to win the release of the British, Dutch, and Canadian detainees in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• Clinton Q&A on Serbia at Press Availabilit, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 05 October 2000 -- Q: Mr. President, the situation in Belgrade appears very critical. Citizens have stormed the Parliament building. What message today, sir, do you have both to those folks who have stormed the Parliament and to President Milosevic himself?
• DoD News Briefing - Yugoslav Unrest, U.S. Department of Defense, 05 October 2000 -- Q: Are U.S. forces on any special alert in the Balkans and the Adriatic given the situation in Belgrade?
• Albright Press Briefing En Route Washington, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 05 October 2000 -- I think that the important point now is for Kostunica to be recognized as President.
• U-N-SIERRA LEONE COURT, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan says there should be no amnesty for war crimes committed in Sierra Leone despite the amnesty provisions in the 1999 peace agreement for Sierra Leone.
• U.N. Sets Out Recommendations for Sierra Leone War Crimes Court, USIS Washington File, 05 October 2000 -- Secretary General Kofi Annan has recommended the establishment of an independent special court for Sierra Leone to prosecute those with "the greatest responsibility for war crimes and other crimes against humanity" during the civil war dating back to November 1996 -- including children over the age of 15.
• Annan outlines parameters for special court to try Sierra Leone war criminals, UN News, 05 October 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today presented to the Security Council a report that sets out the parameters for a Special Court for Sierra Leone to try persons deemed most responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and other violations of international humanitarian law.
• Press Briefing By Assistant Secretary-General For Legal Affairs, UN Press Briefing, 05 October 2000 -- Agreement had been reached with the Government of Sierra Leone over the legal and practical arrangements necessary to establish a special court in that country to prosecute certain individuals there for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Ralph Zacklin, Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing on Tuesday, 26 September.
• U.S. Welcomes Russian Steps for Return of OSCE Group to Chechnya, U.S. Mission to the OSCE, Vienna, 05 October 2000 -- We are encouraged by these reports of practical steps the authorities from the Russian Federation are now taking that could make possible the long-awaited return of the Assistance Group as we agreed in Istanbul.
• ECUADOR / COLOMBIA, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- In Ecuador, there is growing concern about the civil war in neighboring Colombia and the effect it is having in the two South American nations' border region.
• Libya, Egypt to Deploy Military Observers to Sudan-Uganda Border, People's Daily, 05 October 2000 -- Libya and Egypt are to deploy military observers at the Uganda-Sudan border, Ugandan Minister for the Presidency Ruhakana Rugunda confirmed Wednesday in a telephone interview with Xinhua.
• ETHIOPIA / LAND MINES, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- A private humanitarian aid organization in Ethiopia says more effort and money must go into educating people about the dangers of land mines.

News Reports

• LANKA/RALLY, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- At least 10 people have been killed and more than 45 wounded in a bombing at an election rally in north-central Sri Lanka.
• ZIMBABWE / RADIO, Voice of America, 05 October 2000 -- The Zimbabwe government says a private radio station has been shut down because it threatened national security.