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• Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd. Ramta Division Awarded US Army CECOM Development and Test Contract for Severe Duty Vegetation Shredder Israel Aerospace Industries 18 Oct 2000 -- Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel - US Army CECOM awarded the IAI Ramta Division a contract for the development of the Severe Duty Vegetation Shredder (SDVS), a vehicle-based system for safely and effectively removing dense vegetation from known or suspected areas afflicted by anti-personnel landmines.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 18 Oct 2000
• U-N - Palestine - Investigation, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- A U-N investigator has accused Israel of using indiscriminate and excessive force against Palestinians.
• Europe / Mideast Violence, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- The violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories is being blamed for anti-Semitic attacks in Europe.
• Israel / Palestinians, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- The Israeli army and Palestinian security forces have begun implementing a series of steps designed to reduce tensions after three weeks of bloody violence.
• Israel - Palestinian React, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders are taking steps to implement the measures agreed upon at Sharm el-Sheikh.
• U-N / Mideast Debate, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- Israeli and Palestinian representatives traded charges Wednesday in the first phase of an emergency United Nations General Assembly session on the violence in the Mideast.
• General Assembly Session Not Conducive to Peace Process, USIS Washington File, 18 October 2000 -- Representatives of Israel and the Palestinian Authority outlined their positions on the violence in the occupied territories to a sparsely attended opening session of the 10th emergency special session of the General Assembly October 18.
• General Assembly resumes emergency session on Occupied Palestinian Territory, UN News, 18 October 2000 -- The General Assembly this afternoon resumed its emergency special session on illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
• Speakers Call for Support for Middle East Peace Efforts, in Assembly Special Emergency Session, UN Press Release, 18 October 2000 -- The Sharm El-Sheikh Summit on 16 and 17 October, and before it the meetings in Paris and Sharm El-Sheikh which Israel boycotted, represented serious attempts to rescue the situation in the Middle East and possibly to revive the peace process, the Permanent Observer of Palestine told the resumed tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly this afternoon, as it met to discuss "Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory".
• Will 'Fragile' Sharm Al-Sheikh Accord Pass Test On Ground?, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 18 October 2000 -- Foreign media commentary on the prospects for a cease-fire between Palestinians and Israelis.
• Serbia Election, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- A leading human rights advocate says non-governmental organizations played a key role in Serbia's still ongoing revolution.
• Yugoslavia - Milosevic extradition, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- European countries and the United States say they want Mr. Milosevic brought to justice in an international court for war crimes. But average Serbs and members of Yugoslavia's new leadership say it is more important to bring the ousted leader to trial in his own country.
• Serbia / Money, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- A leading expert on international finance, Johns Hopkins University economist Steve Hanke, says Yugoslavia's new president, Vojislav Kostunica, only has a few weeks to assure financial stability in the dominant republic of Serbia by stabilizing the inflation-prone Yugoslav dinar.
• No Quick Solution Between Serbia, Montenegro In Sight, RFE/RL Newsline, 18 October 2000 -- Kostunica said in Cetinje on 17 October that there will be no meeting of the Supreme Defense Council for some time to come.
• Bosnian Serb convicted of war crimes to serve sentence in Germany: UN tribunal, UN News, 18 October 2000 -- The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today confirmed that a Bosnian Serb convicted of crimes against humanity would serve his sentence in Germany.
• Ogata Indonesia, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- The head of the United Nations refugee agency says she believes Indonesia is making some effort to rein in the militias in West Timor, but the situation is not yet secure enough for international aid agencies to return there
• Timor - Intimidation, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- U-N officials say militias in West Timor are still intimidating refugees who fled widespread violence after East Timor voted for independence last year.
• DR of Congo brings case against Belgium to International Court of Justice, UN News, 18 October 2000 -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has brought Belgium to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in an attempt to block an international arrest warrant issued by a Belgian judge against a Congolese official.
• Angola - Prospects for Peace, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- Today, peace and prosperity appear far off for Angola

News Reports

• Ivory Coast Election, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- Ivory Coast's military government is warning opposition supporters not to disrupt presidential elections that are scheduled for Sunday.
• UN will not coordinate observers for Côte d'Ivoire's presidential elections, UN News, 18 October 2000 -- The United Nations has decided that it will not coordinate electoral observers for Côte d'Ivoire's upcoming presidential elections, a UN spokesman announced today.
• Zimbabwe / Riots, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- In Zimbabwe, troops and police are continuing their crackdown on food rioters in the capital, Harare.
• SAF Bomb, Voice of America, 18 October 2000 -- A bomb explosion has injured four women, none critically, in South Africa's legislative capital, Cape Town.
• Sea Launch Delays Thuraya Satellite Launch Boeing 18 Oct 2000 -- Sea Launch has scrubbed tonight's launch of the Thuraya-1 satellite due to an instrumentation issue found in pre-launch operations. The launch countdown has been recycled 24 hours. The 45-minute launch window will open tomorrow, Oct. 19, at 10:56 p.m. PDT.