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• Angola / U.S. Military, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- A senior U-S defense official says the Angolan government is anxious to win increased American support, especially in the military arena.

Defense Industry

• Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter Takes Flight Lockheed Martin 24 Oct 2000 -- the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) X-35A flew skyward at 9:06 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on its historic and successful first flight, marking its entry into the flight-test program and validating the Lockheed Martin design approach.
• Pratt & Whitney JSF119 Engine Performs Flawlessly During First Flight of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Pratt & Whitney 24 Oct 2000 -- Pratt & Whitney's JSF119 engine met or exceeded all performance requirements powering the first flight of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrator.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 24 Oct 2000
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON WOMEN AND PEACE, SECURITY United Nations 24 Oct 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS United Nations 24 Oct 2000
• U-N / Ethiopia / Eritrea, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- A United Nations mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea finds that hundreds of thousands of internally-displaced people are in urgent need of international assistance.
• UN mission in Eritrea-Ethiopia boosts its air transport capacity, UN News, 24 October 2000 -- The United Nations peacekeeping operation in Ethiopia and Eritrea today boosted its air transportation capacity with the arrival of helicopters, a UN spokesman announced in New York.
• Bosnia To Prepare For Relations With Belgrade, RFE/RL Newsline Vol. 4, No. 206, Part II, 24 October 2000 -- The joint presidency authorized the Foreign Ministry on 23 October to prepare an agenda for discussions with Belgrade on the opening of diplomatic relations between Bosnia and Serbia
• War Crimes Tribunal / Bosnia, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague have, for the first time ever, ordered the NATO-led stabilization force in Bosnia (known as S-FOR) to hand over information.
• The Undoing of Milosevic, RFE/RL BALKAN REPORT, Vol. 4, No. 79, 24 October 2000 -- The collapse of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's government was long in coming but sudden in the end. What caused his 13-year presidency to finally fall?
• YUGOSLAVIA / KOSTUNICA, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- Yugoslavia's new president, Vojislav Kostunica, has acknowledged that Yugoslavia's army and police forces committed widespread killings in Kosovo last year.
• Clinton-Mideast-Jordan, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- Mr. Clinton is offering to invite Palestinian and Israeli leaders to meet with him separately at the White House if progress is made in restoring calm.
• Israel-Palestinians, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- Clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces are now in their fourth week and show no signs of ending. Around 130 people have died in the violence thus far, almost all of them Palestinians.
• U-N / Robinson / Middle East, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- The United Nations' top human-rights official, Mary Robinson, says she would like to visit Israel when she goes to the region to investigate claims of human-rights violations against Palestinian civilians.
• Broken Peace Process, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- As Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak negotiates with hard-lining Ariel Sharon to form a coalition government, the prospects for renewing the peace process are not bright. Positions have hardened with the killing of some 120-people, mostly Palestinians, and the fighting continues.
• Broken Peace Process, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- The fighting continues in the West Bank and Gaza as peace talks are suspended, and Israel appears on the verge of forming a more hawkish coalition government.
• Israel / Palestinians, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- In Israel, the government is threatening to take stronger action against Palestinian gunmen who have been firing on Israeli villages. The warning comes amid more reports of fighting in the West Bank and as Prime Minister Ehud Barak is continuing his efforts to bring the opposition Likud Party into the government.
• UN food agency to provide emergency rations in Palestinian Territory, UN News, 24 October 2000 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a new emergency food distribution programme to help Palestinians affected by the closure of entry points into Israel.
• White House Press Briefing, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 24 October 2000 -- Q: Jake, what can you tell us about the President's meeting today on the Middle East?
• Ivory Coast / Violence, Voice of America, 24 October 2000 -- Demonstrators take to the streets of Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, after the military government of General Robert Guei declares him a winner in the West African country's presidential elections.
• Boucher Statement on Solomon Islands October 14 Peace Agreement, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 24 October 2000 -- The United States applauds the signing on October 14 of a peace agreement in Townsville, Australia between warring ethnic militias of the Solomon Islands.
• Russia To Ask Georgia To Extradite Chechens, RFE/RL Newsline Vol. 4, No. 206, Part I, 24 October 2000 -- Russian presidential aide Serghei Yastrzhembskii said in Moscow on 23 October that Russia will ask Tbilisi to extradite any of the Chechen fighters who surrendered in Georgia the previous day and are suspected of involvement in terrorism, the slave trade, or the execution of hostages, Interfax reported.
• Colombian refugees in Ecuador get help from UNHCR, UN News, 24 October 2000 -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has established a field presence in Ecuador to support authorities there in helping thousands of people fleeing drug-related armed conflict in Colombia, a spokesman for the agency said today at UN Headquarters in Geneva.
• East Timor receives first royalty payment from oil exploitation in Timor Gap, UN News, 24 October 2000 -- East Timor has received its first royalty payment - worth over $3 million - from oil exploitation in the Timor Gap, a stretch of sea between the newly independent territory and Australia, according to a statement issued today in Dili by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).

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