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• Oshkosh Truck Recognized for Ownership Cost Reduction on Marine Corp Contract Oshkosh 03 Nov 2000 -- Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NASDAQ: OTRKB] was recognized by the Department of Defense for reduction of total ownership cost on the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) contract for the U.S. Marine Corp.

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• DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 03 Nov 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY INTER-AGENCY COORDINATOR ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS United Nations 03 Nov 2000
• ANGOLA: Curb on diamond sales will not stop war, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Moves to curb the sale of illicit diamonds will do little to end the Angolan civil war, the authors of a new publication, titled 'Angola's War Economy' said in Pretoria on Thursday.
• ANGOLA: Government helicopter shot down, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- An Angolan Armed Forces'(FAA) helicopter was reportedly shot down by suspected UNITA guerrillas on Tuesday near the town of Umpilo in the central highlands province of Bie.
• ANGOLA: Row over Angola air crash, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- The rebel group UNITA and the Angolan Government have given conflicting accounts of the cause of an aircraft crash on Tuesday, in which all 50 people on board were killed, reports said.
• UNHCR / Angola / Congo, Voice of America, 03 November 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says thousands of Angolan refugees fleeing intensified fighting between the government and UNITA rebels have begun crossing into the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• DRC: "New" rebel group operating in northeast, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- A "new" rebel group, Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie-Nationale (RCD-N), led by Rogers Lumbala, is reportedly operating in Bafwasende, northeast of Kisangani.
• DRC: RCD appoints new leader, reshuffles team, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- The governing Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD), based in the eastern Congolese town of Goma, has carried out a major reshuffle after its leader Emile Ilunga resigned at the weekend.
• DRC: Bunia rebels resolve "internal crisis", Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Members of the Bunia-based Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie-Mouvement de liberation (RCD-ML), returned to Bunia at the end of last week after spending 15 days in Uganda.
• DRC: Rebels, government troops trade accusations, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Rebel MLC leader Jean-Pierre Bemba on Tuesday accused government troops of dropping three bombs on the town of Basankusu, northwestern DRC, last week.
• DRC: Massive refugee influx expected from Angola, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- UNHCR is preparing for an influx of up to 18,000 refugees into DRC from Angola as a result of intensified clashes between government forces and UNITA rebels in Angola's Lunda Norte Province, the agency stated on Tuesday.
• DRC: RCD reported to have recaptured Pepa, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- The rebel Rassemblement congolais pour democratie (RCD-Goma) on Wednesday recaptured the town of Pepa, in Katanga province, according to South Kivu governor Norbert Basengezi, quoted by the BBC on Thursday.
• DRC: Mbandaka mission to consider UN troop deployment, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- A joint mission from the DRC Ministry of Defence and the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) is to undertake reconnaissance in Mbandaka, Equateur province, next week to explore the possibility of UN peacekeepers deploying in the city, and the requirements for this to happen.
• HORN OF AFRICA: Eritrea says "little progress" in Algiers, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- The Eritrean foreign ministry said on 28 October that little progress had been made in the latest Ethiopian-Eritrean peace talks in Algeria, and expressed doubt over Ethiopia's readiness for peace, given its continued fortification of positions and movement of artillery towards the front line between the two countries.
• UN seeks access to Ethiopia/Eritrea border to aid internally displaced, UN News, 03 November 2000 -- The United Nations has asked Ethiopia and Eritrea to provide access to people in need along their border, the UN Special Coordinator on Internal Displacement said today upon returning from the region.
• Secretary-General Appoints Major-General Patrick Cammaert of The Netherlands As Commander Of Un Force In Eritrea And Ethiopia (UNMEE), UN Press Release, 03 November 2000 -- In a letter to the Security Council dated 27 October, Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced his intention to appoint Major-General Patrick C. Cammaert of the Netherlands to serve as Force Commander to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).
• NIGER: 13 nationals killed in October's ethnic clashes, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Thirteen nationals of Niger were among 100 people killed in mid-October clashes between Hausas and Yorubas in Lagos, AFP quoted Niger's state radio as saying.
• NIGERIA: Vigilante group to enforce Sharia, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Nigeria's northern state of Zamfara has formed a 2,000-strong vigilante group armed with swords, batons, knives and axes to enforce Islamic law, or Sharia, AFP reported on Wednesday.
• SIERRA LEONE: RUF engaging Guinea, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Close to half the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) fighters in Sierra Leone's eastern area of Tongo have moved north and are "fully engaged" in military operations in Guinea, OCHA said in its situation report for 3-27 October.
• SIERRA LEONE: British military supplies begin arriving, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Extra equipment and ammunition for the Sierra Leone Army started to arrive in Freetown last weekend and subsequent shipments will include troops transport, a spokesman for the British military forces in the country said on Radio France International.
• NGO's Efforts Make Americans Aware of Sierra Leone's Plight, USIS Washington File, 03 November 2000 -- The terrible reality of Sierra Leone's nine-year civil conflict was brought home to Americans in Pittsburgh, the United States' so-called "Steel City," during a November 2-4 appeal for funds sponsored by the Brother's Brother Foundation (BBF), which has sent thousands of books and medical supplies to the sub-Saharan African nation with the help of the U.S. government.
• Sierra Leone's Amb. Leigh Blames Liberia's President for Fighting, USIS Washington File, 03 November 2000 -- Speaking November 2 during a fund-raising drive for the victims of conflict in Sierra Leone, Ambassador John Leigh pointed to Liberian President Charles Taylor as the person largely responsible for the continuing turmoil in his country.
• Security Council Condemns Continued Cross-Border Attacks Along Border Area of Sierra Leone, Guinea And Liberia, UN Press Release, 03 November 2000 -- Expressing concern at the fragile situation in Sierra Leone and the related instability in the wider region, the Security Council this afternoon condemned the continued cross-border attacks along the border area of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
• CHAD: Government still ready to talk peace with rebels, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Chadian spokesman Mahamat Louani said on Thursday the government was still ready for peace talks with rebels despite fighting between their forces on 31 October.
• CHAD: Claims and counter-claims of fighting in the Tibesti, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- The rebel Mouvement pour la Democratie et la Justice au Tchad (MDJT) has denied reports that the brother of its leader died in weekend clashes in northern Chad's Tibesti region, Radio France Internationale (RFI) reported on Thursday.
• UGANDA: Impounded Burundi weapons released, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- The Ugandan government has finally released a consignment of arms destined for Burundi impounded by the country's security agencies last year while in transit from the Kenyan port of Mombasa.
• UGANDA: Rebels killed in border clash, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- At least 10 people, eight of them believed to be Congolese from the Wangilima tribe, were killed early this week in an exchange of fire with the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) in Kasindi market on the DRC side of the Uganda-DRC border, Ugandan radio reported on Friday.
• Indonesia agrees to facilitate UN probes into post-referendum violence, UN News, 03 November 2000 -- The Government of Indonesia has agreed to a number of requests made by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) regarding investigations into serious crimes committed in the territory last year.
• REPORT: DOZENS OF PEOPLE LINKED TO WAR CRIMES HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE IN BOSNIA, RFE/RL NEWSLINE, Vol. 4, No. 214, Part II, 3 November 2000 -- A report by the International Crisis Committee (ICC) says that five years after the end of the Bosnian war, some 75 people linked to war crimes are in elected office or positions of authority in the Republika Srpska, AP reported on 3 November.
• Montenegro To Hold Referendum On Independence Next Year, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 214, Part II, 3 November 2000 -- The Montenegrin government said on 2 November that it will hold a referendum on the Yugoslav republic's status by June 2001, dpa reported, citing Montenegrin state television (RTCG).
• State Department Noon Briefing - Yugoslavia, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 03 November 2000 -- Q: Can we talk - a new subject? Secretary Albright's letter to President Kostunica about a possible visit there and what his - is any trip planned in the near future?
• WFP / Palestinians, Voice of America, 03 November 2000 -- International food aid officials say they are assessing the need of Palestinians following an appeal for immediate assistance to help those affected by Israel's closure of its borders with Gaza and the West Bank.
• Israel / Palestinians / Jerusalem, Voice of America, 03 November 2000 -- One day after Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a truce, clashes are still breaking out in the West Bank and Gaza.
• Israel/Palestinians, Voice of America, 03 November 2000 -- Israel says it is giving Palestinian leaders more time to implement a truce after fighting that left more than 165 people, mostly Palestinians, dead.
• State Department Spokesman - Middle East Unrest, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 03 November 2000 -- Q: Can you give us a readout on her [Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's] meeting with Saeb Erekat?
• Afghan Talks, Voice of America, 03 November 2000 -- The United Nations announced Friday that the two sides in the Afghan conflict, the Taleban and the opposition Northern Alliance, have agreed in writing to a process of dialogue aimed at an end to the conflict through political means.
• Warring parties in Afghanistan agree to UN-sponsored talks to end conflict, UN News, 03 November 2000 -- The two warring parties in Afghanistan have agreed in writing to a process of dialogue under the auspices of the United Nations aimed at ending the country's long-running conflict "in the shortest possible time," the top UN official in charge of the negotiations reported today.
• Press Briefing By Head of Mission To Afghanistan, UN Press Briefing, 03 November 2000 -- Afghanistan's two warring sides had agreed in writing to a "process of dialogue" under the auspices of the United Nations, Francesc Vendrell, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the Special Mission to Afghanistan, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.
• State Dept. Spokesman on U.S. Contacts with Taliban, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 03 November 2000 -- The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan William Milam met with a Taliban official and discussed "the continuing international demand" that the Taliban expel accused terrorist Usama bin Laden to "a place where he can be brought to justice," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters in Washington November 3.
• BURUNDI: Rebel group warns against enforcing "unworkable ceasefire", Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- The rebel PALIPEHUTU-FNL movement has reiterated its call for a new peace process.
• GUINEA-BISSAU: Official expels 50 Casamance guerrillas, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Fifty suspected members of the Mouvement des forces democratiques de Casamance (MFDC) were expelled from Guinea-Bissau on Monday by the prefect of the border town of Sao Domingo, AFP reported.
• SUDAN: Government again accused of bombing civilians, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- The government bombing of civilian targets in Eastern Equatoria in southern Sudan was having "devastating effects on traumatised local people", the Roman Catholic Church stated on Wednesday.

News Reports

• Ivory Coast / Guei, Voice of America, 03 November 2000 -- The whereabouts of Ivory Coast's former military ruler, General Robert Guei, remains unknown, more than a week after he was forced out of power.
• U.S. Comments on Tanzanian Election Process, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 03 November 2000 -- There were well-documented instances of delayed openings of polling stations, shortages of voting materials and tampering with ballot boxes. There were also instances of the police having used excessive force. As "a close friend of Tanzania, we congratulate them on the elections on the mainland; however, we are deeply concerned about the failures of the electoral process on Zanzibar," says U.S. State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher.
• TANZANIA: Zanzibar poll re-run anxiously awaited, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- As Zanzibar prepares for an election re-run in 16 of its 50 constituencies on Sunday, the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party has rejected opposition calls for totally fresh elections, raising fears of a deepening political crisis.
• SOUTH AFRICA: Suspected bombers arrested, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Two men have been arrested in what police have described as a break-through in the fight against urban terror in the Western Cape.
• ZIMBABWE: More land grabs, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Zimbabwe's 'Daily News' has reported that thousands of peasants, government officials and war veterans have descended on commercial farms in a new scramble for land after rains, which fell around the country at the weekend.
• ZIMBABWE: Food shortages, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Zimbabwe could face shortages of basic foods over the coming year largely due to illegal farm occupations which have disrupted agriculture, industry officials and analysts told Reuters on Tuesday.
• ZIMBABWE: Nigeria mediates in Zimbabwe row with UK on land, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- Nigeria is using a state visit by President Robert Mugabe to mediate in Zimbabwe's diplomatic row with Britain over plans to seize land from white farmers, reports said on Friday.
• ZIMBABWE: Mandela rules out asking Mugabe to step down, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 03 November 2000 -- South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela ruled out on Thursday any possibility that he would ask Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, who faces mounting domestic opposition, to stand down.