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• General Dynamics Awarded $600 Million in New Contracts General Dynamics 27 Oct 2000 -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) was awarded four U.S. Government contracts on Thursday, October 26, with a cumulative combined value of more than $600 million.
• Team Apache Systems to Modernize Apache Sensors With 'Arrowhead' Boeing 27 Oct 2000 -- The U.S. Army has selected a new sensor system - to be known as Arrowhead - that will give the AH-64D Apache Longbow multi-role combat helicopter significantly greater night vision and targeting capabilities.
• Boeing Dedicates Rocket Facility at Decatur and Unveils First Delta IV Common Booster Core Boeing 27 Oct 2000 -- Boeing employees at the Delta rocket factory here have completed the assembly of the first Delta IV common booster core (CBC), the largest element of the newest Boeing rocket.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 27 Oct 2000
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON STAFF SECURITY United Nations 27 Oct 2000
• Ivory Coast Pol, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- The people of Ivory Coast have toppled a military dictator and gained a civilian president.
• Ivory Coast Crisis, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- The political turmoil in Ivory Coast has unsettled many - both inside and outside the West African country.
• Ivory Coast, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- In Ivory Coast, opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, whose supporters staged the latest bout of violent demonstrations, says he will not accept a part in the country's newly installed civilian government.
• Congo Fighting, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo say 35 government troops have been killed in clashes in the southeast of the country.
• Congo / Civilians Under Seige, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- Humanitarian activists warn that the civilian population in eastern and western Kasai region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is under siege.
• Guinea: UNHCR studies government offer to relocate 125,000 refugees, UN News, 27 October 2000 -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is considering a proposal by the Government of Guinea to relocate 125,000 refugees currently camped in insecure zones near the border with Sierra Leone - an area where an agency staff member was killed during a recent attack.
• Annan calls for inquiry into killing of ethnic Tamil inmates in Sri Lanka, UN News, 27 October 2000 -- "Profoundly distressed" by the reported killing of a group of ethnic Tamil inmates of a rehabilitation centre in Sri Lanka, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for a probe into the incident and voiced his vigorous condemnation of terrorist acts.
• Secretary-General Distressed By Killings In Sri Lanka; Condemns Terrorist Acts In Strongest Terms, UN Press Release, 27 October 2000 -- The Secretary-General was profoundly distressed by the reported killing on 25 October of more than 20 ethnic Tamil inmates of the rehabilitation centre in Bandarawela, Sri Lanka.
• Clinton / Cyprus, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- President Clinton says he is disappointed that he has not been able to resolve the dispute between Turkey and Greece over Cyprus, but says he is willing to continue working on the issue after he leaves office next year.
• UN envoy wraps up round of "useful" meetings in Cyprus, UN News, 27 October 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Advisor on Cyprus has completed a series of meetings on the island in preparation for the next round of proximity talks.
• A New Beginning? Kostunica Visits Montenegro And Bosnia, RFE/RL Balkan Report, Vol. 4, No. 80, 27 October 2000 -- Just two weeks after taking office, Yugoslavia's new president, Vojislav Kostunica, visited Montenegro last weekend in a bid to reach agreement on a new Yugoslav government.
• 'The Hour of Europe' In The Balkans?, RFE/RL Balkan Report, Vol. 4, No. 80, 27 October 2000 -- As election day in the U.S. draws ever closer, the discussion there has heated up regarding Washington's future role in the Balkans.
• Kostunica Says CBS Took Remarks On Serbian War Crimes 'Out of Context', RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 209, Part II, 27 October 2000 -- His statements to the "60 Minutes II" news program were widely hailed as the first admission by a Serbian leader of guilt for atrocities committed by Serbian forces during the conflicts launched by former President Slobodan Milosevic.
• UNHCR - Yugoslavia, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, warns that more than 700-thousand refugees and displaced people in Yugoslavia are facing a brutal winter unless they receive urgent international assistance.
• Holbrooke at Cemetery Site Near Srebrenica, Bosnia, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 27 October 2000 -- Holbrooke noted that Srebrenica had been designated a safe area during the Bosnian war, but that United Nations peacekeepers failed to protect the victims. He said "an intense effort" is now underway to improve UN peacekeeping operations so that kind of tragedy never happens again.
• Mideast Peace: 'A Return To The Climate Just Before The 1967 War?', Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 27 October 2000 -- Foreign media commentary on the prospects for peace in the Middle East.
• Clinton / Mideast, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- President Clinton - expressing frustration at the continuation of Middle East unrest - says there will have to be a much lower level of violence before there can be any serious discussion of resuming the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
• Israel / Palestinians, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- The Israeli Army is predicting that after a month of deadly clashes with Palestinians that the violence will continue into next year.
• State Department Noon Briefing, October 27, 2000, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 27 October 2000 -- Q: If I can come back to the Middle East. Since the White House is playing down the possibility of a visit by Prime Minister Barak and President Arafat, are there any plans for activity by people in this building in this regard in the coming days?
• UN food agency warns of hunger threat in Afghanistan, appeals for support, UN News, 27 October 2000 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that hundreds of thousands of poor Afghans will face starvation in the coming months if the agency does not get the resources it needs to continue emergency operations during Afghanistan's worst drought in decades.
• Kyrgyzstan Celebrates Victory Over Islamists, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 209, Part I, 27 October 2000 -- Kyrgyz President Akaev and Defense Minister Esen Topoev attended a victory parade in Bishkek on 26 October to mark the successful expulsion from the country of groups of Islamist militants who invaded Kyrgyzstan from neighboring Tajikistan in August and September
• Indonesia Violence, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- Fighting is now in its third day in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, with at least seven people now dead.
• East Timor: UN mission sets up national development agency, UN News, 27 October 2000 -- The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) has established a national development agency, with the goal of leaving behind a viable planning organization after the UN's withdrawal from the newly independent territory.
• Putin Says Moscow Plans 'Democratic Elections.' In Chechnya, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 209, Part I, 27 October 2000 -- At his meeting in Moscow on 26 October with French and Russian journalists, President Putin said that democratic elections for a new Chechen leader will take place as soon as conditions are auspicious, ITAR-TASS reported.
• Angola / Youth, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- Next month, Angola celebrates the 25th anniversary of its independence. It has spent almost all of that time engulfed by war - an entire generation has grown up knowing almost nothing else.

News Reports

• Tanzania / Elections, Voice of America, 27 October 2000 -- Campaigning in Tanzania enters its final weekend with the ruling party facing challenges both on the mainland and on the island of Zanzibar.