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• SRI LANKA PEACE PROSPECTS, Voice of America, 08 October 2000 -- More than 50 people have died in election-related violence and observers say they expect the situation to get worse as the voting gets closer.
• LEBANON / VIOLENCE, Voice of America, 08 October 2000 -- As Israel continued to bring troop reinforcements to the Lebanese border Sunday,Palestinian refugees waving flags and shouting "Allahu Akbar" threw stones over the border fence.
• Albright Interview on NBC's Meet The Press - Middle East Violence, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 08 October 2000 -- Q: Are we on the verge, the brink, of war in the Middle East?
• Albright's Interview on CNN's Late Edition - Middle East Violence, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 08 October 2000 -- MR. BLITZER: ...the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, imposed a 48-hour deadline...it's been 24 hours. Is this a good idea for him to impose this kind of deadline, some call it an ultimatum?
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS, Voice of America, 08 October 2000 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has repeated his ultimatum to the Palestinians to end the recent wave of violence by late Monday or the Israeli military will respond to Palestinian gunmen and demonstrators with full force.
• YUGOSLAV POLITICS, Voice of America, 08 October 2000 -- Yugoslavia's new President Vojislav Kostunica spent his first day in office with the challenge of forming a cabinet and appointing a new Prime Minister.
• YUGOSLAVIA / TELEVISION, Voice of America, 08 October 2000 -- The new president of Yugoslavia has urged police and city cleaners to go to work and keep order following his country's successful "velvet revolution," but not everyone agrees with the way Mr. Kostunica's supporters behaved in recent days.
• YUGOSLAVIA / DIPLOMAT, Voice of America, 08 October 2000 -- One of the first Western diplomats to meet Yugoslavia's new president, Vojislav Kostunica, has promised the new leader a multi-million-dollar aid package and the lifting of sanctions.
• Albright Interview on NBC's Meet The Press - Yugoslavia, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 08 October 2000 -- Q: Madame Secretary, as you know, the people of Yugoslavia took to the streets and said to Slobodan Milosevic, get out. He is now out. The country is anxious to return to the family of nations, have sanctions lifted. Is that possible until Mr. Milosevic is turned over as a war criminal to the International Court at The Hague?
• Albright's Oct. 8 Interview on CNN's Late Edition - Yugoslavia, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 08 October 2000 -- MR. BLITZER: When you take a look at the situation now, a new president democratically elected, but Slobodan Milosevic an indicted war criminal may be allowed to stay in Belgrade, may be allowed to exercise political power in the opposition. Would that cause the US to reconsider lifting economic sanctions against Yugoslavia if he's allowed to walk free in Belgrade?
• Cohen Press Availability with Greek Minister of Defense - Yugoslavia, U.S. Department of Defense, 08 October 2000 -- Question: After the removal of Mr. Milosevic from power in Belgrade, does Washington continue to demand that he be arrested and sent to the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague?
• Cohen Press Availability with Greek Minister of Defense - Cyprus, U.S. Department of Defense, 08 October 2000 -- Question: President Clinton promised that during his term he would help to solve the Cyprus problem. Until now, we have not seen any substantive results. What do you have to say on that?

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• ZIMBABWE / ARREST, Voice of America, 08 October 2000 -- Police in Zimbabwe say they are preparing to arrest opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai for calling for the violent overthrow of President Robert Mugabe.