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• Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Briefing - US Instructors in Nigeria, U.S. Department of Defense, 10 October 2000 -- Approximately 250 soldiers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group, Airborne, headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, along with other Europe-based support units, are deploying to Nigeria this week to begin preparations for equipment fielding and training for Nigerian battalions for possible peace-enforcement operations under the U.N. in West Africa. This is the next phase of Operation Focus Relief, which was announced a few months ago by the president.

Defense Industry

• U.S. Air Force Christens Boeing C-17 'The City of St. Louis' Boeing 10 Oct 2000 -- The U.S. Air Force christened a C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft as the 'City of St. Louis' at The Boeing Company facilities in St. Louis.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 10 Oct 2000
• SRI LANKA PEACE PROSPECTS, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- While Tuesday's election is in part being held to decide a future course for ending the long-running war, the fighting will likely continue long after the ballots have been counted and the winner is declared.
• JAFFNA, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- For 17-years one of the world's most vicious conflicts has been raging in those areas where a guerrilla force known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has been fighting the Sri Lankan government. At the heart of the conflict is the Jaffna peninsula.
• LANKA/POLLS UPDATE, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- Vote counting has begun in Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections, amid widespread allegations of vote rigging and reports of violence.
• The Taleban's Afghanistan (1 of 3), Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- After years of fighting, the Taleban seem close to winning control of all of Afghanistan.
• The Taleban's Afghanistan (2 of 3), Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- The Taleban have established the most extreme version of Islam to be found in the world today.
• The Taleban's Afghanistan (3 of 3), Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- The Afghanistan that the Taleban now rule is one of the poorest nations on earth, and there is no sign that things will get better any time soon.
• Heavy fighting in Afghanistan forces thousands to flee their homes: UNHCR, UN News, 10 October 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency reported today that heavy fighting between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan has uprooted some 150,000 people in the past few weeks.
• U-N / MIDEAST, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- The United Nations Human Rights Commission has overwhelmingly approved a request by Arab countries to hold an emergency meeting to examine alleged violations by Israel in clashes with Palestinian demonstrators.
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has welcomed Israel's decision to postpone a deadline for stronger military action against Palestinian protesters, saying it is time to stop the violence and resume peace negotiations.
• UN / MIDEAST, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- U-N aid agencies are appealing for emergency assistance for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
• Daily Press Briefing - Middle East Violence, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 10 October 2000 -- Q: Right. Amid all these meetings, has [Madeline Albright] found time for some Mideast diplomacy? And is there a chance at least that she would host a meeting -- it wouldn't be a summit, of course, but a high-level meeting with the Arabs and Israelis?
• Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Briefing - Middle East Violence, U.S. Department of Defense, 10 October 2000 -- Q: On the Middle East, it's been reported that Israel is moving troops around for a possible operation in Lebanon. What are you seeing terms of those troop movements, and are you seeing any corresponding troop movements in, say, Syria or other places?
• White House Daily Briefing Briefing - Middle East Violence, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 10 October 2000 -- MR. SIEWERT: Well, for those of you who weren't here over the weekend, the President was deeply engaged since Friday evening in a diplomatic initiative to break the cycle of violence in the Mideast. He's spoken to numerous leaders in the region, and continues to do so today, in his efforts to find ways to stop the violence.
• Secretary-General remains hopeful after talks with Arafat, Barak, UN News, 10 October 2000 -- After a series of meetings with top Israeli and Palestinian leaders over the past 24 hours, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today he was determined to continue working with all parties concerned to break the cycle of violence and resume the peace process.
• Commission on Human Rights to hold special session on Middle East crisis, UN News, 10 October 2000 -- The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has decided to hold a special session on the situation in the Middle East, a UN spokesman announced today.
• Palestinian Rights Committee Adopts Statement Expressing Grave Concern At Confrontation In Jerusalem And Occupied Palestinian Territory, UN Press Release, 10 October 2000 -- The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People adopted a statement this afternoon in which it expressed grave concern at the continued confrontation in Jerusalem and throughout the occupied Palestinian territory.
• NATO Ministers' Meeting Mulls Yugoslav Changes, American Forces Press Service, 10 October 2000 -- NATO defense ministers focused on the changes in Yugoslavia during their informal Oct. 10 meeting.
• Cohen Says Balkan Progress Encouraging, but U.S. Troops Stay, American Forces Press Service, 10 October 2000 -- The United States will help Yugoslavia introduce economic and political reforms, but the size of the U.S. troop commitment to the region will remain the same, Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said Oct. 8.
• YUGOSLAVIA / SOCIALIST FALL, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- As the new president, Vojislav Kostunica consolidates power in Belgrade, workers throughout Serbia are ousting their Socialist bosses from leading businesses, hospitals, prisons, and hotels.
• U-S / YUGOSLAVIA, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- Five days after the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, the United States has dispatched a senior envoy to Belgrade to start the process of resuming diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia and help jump-start the country's devastated economy.
• Kostunica's Economic Challenge, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- Yugoslavia's new president, Vojislav Kostunica, is pledging to move quickly to overcome his country's ostracism from the world community and reintegrate Yugoslavia into the European economy.
• FRANCE / YUGOSLAVIA, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- The new president of Yugoslavia, Vojslav Kostunica, has urged the international community to ensure the return of Serb refugees to Kosovo and to help his country rebuild after a decade of war.
• Daily Press Briefing - Yugoslavia, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 10 October 2000 -- Q: What is the timetable, then, for reopening Embassy Belgrade?
• Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Briefing - Yugoslavia, U.S. Department of Defense, 10 October 2000 -- Q: On Yugoslavia, two questions. In the Southeastern European Defense Ministerial, was there any talk about inviting in Serbia? I don't know, maybe they're already part of it, but I doubt it. And the second question is, is there any talk of some kind of military-to-military contact with Kostunica's government, given that U.S. peacekeepers are occupying the southern part of the country?
• Between Hope For FRY's 'Velvet Revolution' And Concerns About 'Old Problems', Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 10 October 2000 - Foreign media commentary on the aftermath of Milosevic's fall from power.
• SPAIN / TERRORISM, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- In Spain, a prosecutor has been killed in the southern city of Granada.
• Guard's 49th Division home from Bosnia, Army News Service, 10 October 2000 -- More than 750 Texas National Guard soldiers returned home during October's first week following a spring and summer of peacekeeping duty in Bosnia.
• EAST TIMOR / RETURNING REFUGEES, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- The displaced are beginning to feel that conditions are safe enough to go back to the world's youngest country and an uncertain future.
• UN mission in East Timor sets up group on coping with natural disasters, UN News, 10 October 2000 -- The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) announced today the creation of a disaster preparedness working group to develop plans for coping with the coming wet season.
• Aussie FM Says Solomon Islands On Brink of Disintigration, CNA, 10 October 2000 -- Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told Parliament on Monday that the Solomon Islands lies on the brink of social and economic disintegration.
• INDONESIA POL, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- Indonesian lawmakers are keeping the pressure on President Abdurrahman Wahid - questioning him about his plans to lead the country out of political and economic crises, such as the situation in the remote eastern province of West Papua - also known as Irian Jaya - wracked by violence last week.
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY COLOMBIA'S MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS United Nations 10 Oct 2000
• U-N / SOMALIA, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- The United Nations is appealing to the international community to help Somalia's new government rebuild the country after years of chaos caused by rival warlords.
• In Sierra Leone, Security Council delegation meets UN peacekeepers, local leaders, UN News, 10 October 2000 -- Officials from the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone today told a visiting delegation of Security Council members that the situation in the country is "complex, unpredictable and volatile."
• IVORY COAST / UNREST, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- Ivory Coast's military government says it is extending a state of emergency because it fears attacks by supporters of an opposition party that was shut out of the upcoming presidential elections.

News Reports

• ZIMBABWE / POLITICS, Voice of America, 10 October 2000 -- Police in Zimbabwe have questioned opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai over remarks calling for the violent overthrow of President Robert Mugabe. Police took Mr. Tsvangirai's fingerprints but released him after two-hours without being charged.
• Mauritius Elected to U.N. Security Council Seat over Sudan, USIS Washington File, 10 October 2000 -- Mauritius was chosen on October 10 to represent Africa on the 15-nation Security Council, prevailing over Sudan after weeks of heavy campaigning and four rounds of balloting in the General Assembly.
• Daily Press Briefing - Sudan, source, 10 October 2000 -- Q: Richard, there has been some talk that if Sudan were to lose the bid for the Security Council, that the Council would then consider the lifting the sanctions against Sudan. Is the US prepared to consider lifting the sanctions?
• Sea Launch Vessels Depart Home Port to Launch Thuraya Satellite Boeing 10 Oct 2000 -- The Sea Launch Commander and the Odyssey Launch Platform, have departed Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, Calif., in preparation for the launch of the Thuraya-1 satellite on Oct. 18.
• Sea Launch Vessels Arrive at Equator for March 12 Launch -- Satellite Coverage Announced Boeing 10 Oct 2000 -- The Sea Launch Commander and the Odyssey Launch Platform arrived at the equator at 4 a.m. (PST), March 9, and immediately began preparation for launch countdown. Launch time is set precisely at 6:49 a.m. (PST) on Sunday, March 12. The launch site is on the equator at 0 degrees North, 154 degrees West Longitude.
• ORBITAL'S PEGASUS ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES NASA'S HETE-2 SATELLITE Orbital Sciences Corp. 10 Oct 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that it successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) High Energy Transient Explorer-2 (HETE-2) satellite into its targeted orbit aboard the company's Pegasus(r) rocket on Monday, October 9.