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• Boeing Delta II Rocket Lifts Air Force Navigational Satellite into Orbit Boeing 10 Nov 2000 -- A Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational satellite was placed into an elliptical orbit almost 11,000 miles above the Earth by a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket at 12:14 p.m. EST.
• Air Force successfully launches Global Positioning System satellite built by Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin 10 Nov 2000 -- A Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 10 Nov 2000
• Security Council's Expanded Role, 'Double Standards' Among Issues Raised As Fourth Committee Concludes Discussion of Peacekeeping Operations, UN Press Release, 10 November 2000 -- As the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) met this morning to conclude its general debate on the comprehensive review of peacekeeping operations, several speakers addressed the role of the Security Council, including what they described as double standards in the enforcement of resolutions, as well as the expansion of the Council's role into areas that were more properly the responsibility of the General Assembly.
• ANGOLA: MSF condemns "state of neglect", Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- A hard-hitting report by the international medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), released ahead of Angola's 25 year independence celebrations on Saturday, has denounced the "state of neglect" in which the people of Angola are forced to live.
• ANGOLA: IRIN Focus on independence anniversary, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- ...for many Angolans, hope is all they have. Many people do not seem to share the government's view that independence brought either liberty or dignity.
• BURUNDI: Ogata says Burundi has a choice to make, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- The nation of Burundi was "at a crossroads", with a choice between peace and an intensified conflict situation that would certainly cause massive displacement
• RWANDA: Envoy says troops staying in DRC for now, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- President Paul Kagame's adviser on the Great Lakes region, Patrick Mazimhaka, said on Thursday that Rwandan troops would remain in Congo until a proposed independent African peacekeeping force was actually deployed in the DRC
• DRC: Problems continue to thwart UN deployment, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- The UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) still faced a number of difficulties which were blocking its deployment of peacekeeping troops, Assistant UN Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi told a meeting of the Security Council on Thursday.
• DRC: Leaders agree on neutral African force, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- African leaders meeting in Tripoli, Libya, have agreed on the deployment of a neutral African force in the DRC, according to a statement issued after the discussions on Wednesday
• DRC: Ugandan intervention foils anti-Wamba coup attempt, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- The situation in the northeastern DRC town of Bunia was "tense and confused" on Monday following an attempt to overthrow Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, the leader of the governing Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie-Mouvement de liberation
• UNHCR / Sudan, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it has evacuated 62 local and international staff from the Sudanese town of Kassala, near the border with Eritrea, after the town came under artillery fire before dawn Wednesday.
• SIERRA LEONE: Children bear brunt of war, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- Children have borne the brunt of the war in Sierra Leone, with thousands having been abducted, abused or forced to join armed groups and commit atrocities.
• SIERRA LEONE: Peace talks begin, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- The Sierra Leonean government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) began talks on Friday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, with the aim of achieving peace in Sierra Leone.
• Indonesia Aceh, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has accused renegade soldiers of trying to stir up trouble in the northern province of Aceh - where as many as 22 people have died in the days before a massive independence rally planned for Saturday.
• UNHCR to repatriate group from West Timor: first effort since killing of its staff, UN News, 10 November 2000 -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has agreed to help repatriate a group of demobilized East Timorese soldiers from West Timor, marking the agency's first activity in the area since the killing of three of its staff in a border town last September.
• Bosnia Elections Preview, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- Voters go to the polls in Bosnia Saturday to choose a new government.
• End Note: Bosnian Voters To Choose Between Nationalism And Democracy, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 219, Part II, 10 November 2000 -- ...there is some hope this time that the recent shift away from radical nationalism toward moderation and democracy in Croatia, Serbia, and Kosova will serve as an example for voters in both Republika Srpska and the Muslim-Croatian Federation.
• Bosnian-Croat Leader Threatens To Break Up Federation, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 219, Part II, 10 November 2000 -- Ante Jelavic, the Croatian member of Bosnia's three-man presidency and head of the Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ), said on 9 November that he will break up the Muslim-Croatian Federation if international officials punish the HDZ for holding a referendum on autonomy
• Croats in Bosnia seeking autonomy, By Gregory Piatt, Stars and Stripes, 10 November 2000 -- There is a showdown between Croats in the southern part of this country and the international community that will come to a head Saturday, when Bosnians elect new national leaders.
• Another Local Official Gunned Down In Chechnya, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 219, Part I, 10 November 2000 -- Yusa Tsuev, head of the Alkhan-Kala district administration in Achkhoi- Martan Raion, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in his office on 9 November
• U-N / Cyprus, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- The latest round of United Nations mediated talks on Cyprus have wrapped up (today / Friday) without a political settlement on reuniting the Mediterranean island.
• Serbian Officials Agree To Inmates' Demands, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 219, Part II, 10 November 2000 -- Serbian authorities released 14 Serbs and one ethnic Albanian from the Pozarevac prison on 10 November as the prison revolt in the republic loses momentum
• U-N / Arafat, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was at the United Nations Friday in an effort to persuade the Security Council to create an international protection force for Palestinian civilians.
• Beit Jala, In the Crossfire, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- The Palestinian town of Beit Jala on the edge of Bethlehem has been caught in the crossfire for the past six weeks.
• Israel / Palestinians, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- At least three Palestinians are dead after new clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
• Israel blast, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- In Jerusalem, police say a small blast in a Muslim cemetery outside the walls of the Old City Friday morning injured one policeman.
• Security Council hears from Palestinian Authority President, Israeli Ambassador, UN News, 10 November 2000 -- The Security Council today held "constructive" discussions in separate meetings with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat and Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Yehuda Lancry, according to official communiqués issued by the Council.
• Fourth Committee Approves 12 Draft Resolutions On Israeli Practices, Work of Un Relief And Works Agency For Palestine Refugees, UN Press Release, 10 November 2000 -- The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) approved 12 draft resolutions this afternoon, as it concluded its consideration of the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and Israeli practices affecting human rights in the occupied Arab territories.

News Reports

• MOZAMBIQUE: Opposition vows to continue protests, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- A day after clashes between police and demonstrators left at least 22 dead and more than 100 injured, opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama told IRIN on Friday that after a temporary suspension, protests would continue throughout Mozambique.
• TANZANIA: Opposition activists freed in Zanzibar, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- After spending three years in jail without trial on treason charges, 18 activists of Zanzibar's opposition Civic United Front (CUF) party have been set free on the orders of the islands' new president, Amani Karume.
• Zimbabwe / Court, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- The supreme court in Zimbabwe has ruled that the government has acted illegally by allowing takeovers of commercial farms that were not officially listed for seizure.
• ZIMBABWE: Commercial farmers win Supreme Court ruling, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- Zimbabwe's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the current round of so called "fast-track" land seizures are illegal.
• ZIMBABWE: UN hopes new land plan can help, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- The UNDP, which was this year asked to mediate in Zimbabwe's controversial land reform programme, hopes to use a report that it commissioned as the basis for dialogue between President Robert Mugabe and key international players.
• Spain / ETA, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- Police in Spain have arrested four suspected members of the Basque separatist group, ETA.