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• Britain - Conflict Diamonds, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- A two-day conference in London is trying to rally global support for action against the international trade in so-called conflict diamonds.
• Ivory Coast, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- Angry demonstrations turned into street celebrations in Ivory Coast Wednesday, following word that former military ruler General Robert Guei had left power.
• U.N. / Ivory Coast, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan said today (Wednesday) that the recent events in Ivory Coast are further evidence that the people of the world are starting to assert their rights.
• Ivory Coast Strife, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- Ivory Coast is bracing for what may be more violent demonstrations Wednesday, after military ruler General Robert Guei declared himself the winner in Sunday's presidential elections.
• Annan "amazed at the audacity" of Côte d'Ivoire's General Guei, UN News, 25 October 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed amazement at what he called the "audacity" of Côte d'Ivoire's General Guei, and drew parallels with events in that country and the recent change of government in Serbia.
• State Department Noon Briefing - Ivory Coaast Elections, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 25 October 2000 -- Q: The situation in Ivory Coast. The US refused support for the election in Ivory Coast, and after the election it seems like the socialist leader Mr. Gbagbo seems to win the election. Is the US position today unchanged and to bring finally some new sign there?
• Kostunica Visits Montenegro And Bosnia, RFE/RL Newsline Vol. 4, No. 207, Part II, 25 October 2000 -- Vojislav Kostunica, hailed by the West as the savior of democracy in Serbia, wants to preserve the common state of Serbia and Montenegro, although he concedes that the name "Yugoslavia" may have to be sacrificed.
• Clinton / Balkans, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- President Clinton is defending his decision to have U-S troops serve as peacekeepers in the Balkans. The matter has become a key campaign issue in the race for the White House this year, with Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush proposing to withdraw U-S forces from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.
• Congress / Mideast, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- The U-S House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved (355 - 30, with 11 members abstaining) a resolution on the Middle East that stresses support for Israel and calls on the Palestinians to refrain from violence.
• Egypt Protests, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- Ever since the violence began in Israel and the Palestinian territories, university students in Cairo have been holding demonstrations against the Israeli actions.
• Clinton - Mideast, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- President Clinton has renewed his call on Israel and the Palestinians to honor truce commitments made at last week's Sharm El-Sheikh summit. He said Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in particular, is capable of actions that can "dramatically" reduce the level of violence.
• Israel / Palestinians, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- Top Israeli and Palestinian security officials are meeting (today/Wednesday) in an attempt to reduce violent clashes in the territories, now in their fourth week.
• Russia / Barak, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak says he still hopes for peace with the Palestinians and he believes that an Israeli government of national unity would strive to achieve it.
• Travel, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- The State Department is warning U-S citizens not to travel to Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
• United Nations Report, USIS Washington File, 25 October 2000 -- The Palestine Observer Mission October 25 asked for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council to consider the continuing violence in the Occupied Territories and establish a UN force to provide protection for Palestinian civilians.
• State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 25 October 2000 -- QUESTION: Last night, the White House said that the President, in the talk with Arafat, had said, you know, possibly he'd like to have Arafat and Barak come separately to Washington. Has there been any follow-up, any probing of interest on their parts, since the conversation?
• Lanka Camp Attack, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- Villagers in the central hills of Sri Lanka have attacked a government controlled rehabilitation camp for former Tamil child soldiers. At least 12 of the detainees have been killed, and as many as 16 injured.
• Annan confirms withdrawal of Jordanian troops from UN Sierra Leone mission, UN News, 25 October 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today confirmed that Jordan intended to withdraw its forces from the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL).
• Zimbabwe / Politics, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- The opposition movement in Zimbabwe has taken a first step toward trying to remove President Robert Mugabe from office, by presenting Parliament with a formal motion for the president's impeachment.
• Philippines / Hostages L-only, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- The Philippine military says it has rescued three Malaysian hostages held by Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebels for more than six weeks in the southern Philippines.
• Timor Violence, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- UN peacekeepers in East Timor have killed at least one anti-independence militiaman in two gun battles late Tuesday
• Chechen Fighters Said To Have Left Georgia...As Russia Accuses Georgia of Avoiding 'Cooperation', RFE/RL Newsline Vol. 4, No. 207, Part I, 25 October 2000 --
• State Department Noon Briefing - Cyprus, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 25 October 2000 -- Q: Two days ago, I believe, in Cyprus in the Greek Cypriot side, anti-aircraft missile, they locked a Turkish jetfighter, and Turkey urged the Greek side if the next time happened, they will attack.

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• Angola - U-S Firm, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- A private U-S defense consulting firm says it has all but given up hope of concluding a contract with Angola despite five years of effort and the backing of the Clinton administration.
• Kenya - Cult, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- Nearly 800 people have been arrested in a series of police raids in Kenya. Katy Salmon reports from Nairobi that police are cracking down on members of the Mungiki sect, an underground cult that wants Kenyans to return to traditional African values.