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• DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 06 Nov 2000
• ANGOLA: Battle for key highland town, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 06 November 2000 -- Angolan government forces and UNITA rebels were engaged in heavy fighting for control of the town of Umpulo in the central highland province of Bie, a government military source told the Portuguese news agency Lusa on Friday.
• New head of UN force for Ethiopia/Eritrea pledges to consolidate peace efforts, UN News, 06 November 2000 -- Arriving in Asmara over the weekend, the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) pledged to build on what has been accomplished so far in the quest for peace.
• Sudan: parties to conflict agree to build road for relief deliveries, UN News, 06 November 2000 -- The parties to the conflict in the Sudan have agreed to establish a cross-line road corridor from Kenya to southern Sudan, in order to ensure secure delivery of relief aid to affected Sudanese populations.
• Annan appoints new deputy commander of UN mission in Sierra Leone, UN News, 06 November 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to appoint Major-General Martin Luther Agwai of Nigeria as Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), a UN spokesman said today in New York.
• SIERRA LEONE: Six shot and wounded in demonstration, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 06 November 2000 -- Six people were shot and wounded on Saturday in a demonstration against crime in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, news reports said.
• SIERRA LEONE: Government and RUF to meet, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 06 November 2000 -- Representatives of Sierra Leone's government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) plan to meet on Thursday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
• Federal, Capital Police Dispute Moscow Blast, RFE/RL Security Watch, Vol. 1, No. 16, 6 November 2000 -- Interior Ministry investigators believe that the August 2000 bomb explosion in central Moscow which claimed 12 lives was the work of criminal gangs seeking to settle accounts with one another, Interfax reported on 31 October.
• Clinton Nov. 6 Letter to Congress on Situation in Cyprus, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 06 November 2000 -- President Clinton sent to Congress November 6 a periodic progress report on efforts toward a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus question, covering the period August 1-September 30, 2000.
• Montenegro To Stop Using Yugoslav Dinar?, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 215, Part II, 6 November 2000 -- Dmitrije Vesovic, a senior economic official in the Montenegrin government, said on 3 November that Podgorica will stop using the Yugoslav dinar altogether in a few weeks, Reuters reported.
• State Department Noon Briefing - Yugoslavia, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 06 November 2000 -- Q: Yugoslavia. I'm wondering if you have any kind words or other remarks to make about President Kostunica's decision to allow the ICTY to open an office in Belgrade. State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher briefed.
• Arafat Interview, Voice of America, 06 November 2000 -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says he will press President Clinton to get Israel to honor its cease-fire and peace commitments during their upcoming talks in Washington Thursday.
• Clinton-Mideast, Voice of America, 06 November 2000 -- The Clinton administration is appealing to the Middle East parties to restore calm in advance of the Washington visits in the next few days by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
• Palestinian Women, Voice of America, 06 November 2000 -- More than 170 Palestinians have been killed in more than five-weeks of clashes with the Israeli military.
• Israel / Palestinians, Voice of America, 06 November 2000 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is rejecting a call by Palestinian leaders for an international protection force to stop violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
• Top UN rights official to visit Middle East to promote tolerance, UN News, 06 November 2000 -- Bearing a message of tolerance, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, will travel to the Middle East on Wednesday to review the situation there in the light of recent events, a UN spokesman announced today.
• State Department Noon Briefing - Middle East Unrest, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 06 November 2000 -- Q: Does the United States oppose the call by Yasser Arafat for an international force to separate the Palestinians and the Israelis? And will the United States veto a call for such an international force in the Security Council? State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher briefed.
• White House Daily PRESS BRIEFING - Middle East Unrest, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 6 November 2000 -- Q Jake, jumping back to the Middle East, if I remember correctly, when these meetings between Barak, the President and Arafat were first proposed, they were conditioned on the fact that you would make progress in the Sharm el-Sheikh...
• Lebanon/Government, Voice of America, 06 November 2000 -- Lebanon's parliament gave a vote of confidence Monday evening to the recently formed government of Prime Minister Rafik al Hariri.
• Moscow Denies Planning Joint Air Strikes Against Afghanistan, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 215, Part I, 6 November 2000 -- There are no plans by Russia and the U.S. to launch joint air strikes against locations in Afghanistan where Saudi terrorist Usama ben Laden is suspected of hiding, Interfax reported on 4 November quoting an unnamed Russian diplomat.
• India-Religious Clashes, Voice of America, 06 November 2000 -- At least 11-people have been killed and more than 40-injured in a religious clash between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims in Northern India.

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• Ivory Coast Pol, Voice of America, 06 November 2000 -- Ivory Coast's new civilian government has re-drawn the boundaries of electoral districts to try to dispel fears that the powerful Socialist Party may try to manipulate upcoming parliamentary elections.
• DRC: Bunia tense after coup attempt against Wamba, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 06 November 2000 -- The situation in the northeastern DRC town of Bunia was "tense and confused" on Monday following a weekend attempt to overthrow Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, the leader of the governing Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie-Mouvement de liberation (RCD-ML).
• Zanzibar / Elections, Voice of America, 06 November 2000 -- On Tanzania's semi-autonomous Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, voters are waiting for results from Sunday's partial repeat of presidential elections.
• ZIMBABWE: Supreme Court hears appeal, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 06 November 2000 -- Zimbabwe's Supreme Court began hearing an appeal on Monday by white farmers challenging the constitutionality of President Robert Mugabe seizing their land without compensation, Reuters reported.
• Zimbabwe Farms, Voice of America, 06 November 2000 -- The Supreme Court in Zimbabwe has begun hearing a challenge by commercial farmers to a law allowing the government to seize farms without payment.
• Boeing-Built PAS-1R Satellite Ready for Launch Boeing 06 Nov 2000 -- PAS-1R, a Boeing 702 spacecraft with twice the capacity of the satellite it is replacing, is scheduled for launch Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000, it was announced by Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. (BSS), formerly Hughes Space and Communications Company.