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• First Successful Test Firing on Target for Lockheed Martin Laser Guidance System Lockheed Martin 13 Nov 2000 -- Lockheed Martin announced that its laser guidance system was successfully dropped at the U.S. Navy's China Lake facility in California. The system, planned to be bid for the Paveway II GBU-16, was tested as part of a Lockheed Martin-funded 'pre-qualify-to-bid' program for a request-for-proposal (RFP) worth $64 million expected to be awarded by the U.S. Air Force in March, 2001.
• Boeing GPS III Industry Team Awarded $16 Million Contract to Proceed with Architecture Study Boeing 13 Nov 2000 -- The Boeing Company announced that the U.S. Air Force has awarded a $16 million firm fixed price contract to the Boeing Global Positioning System (GPS) III industry team to perform a comprehensive 12-month GPS III architecture study.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 13 Nov 2000
• U-N / Peacekeeping, Voice of America, 13 November 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council has pledged to establish clear guidelines for international peacekeeping missions.
• Security Council approves wide-ranging measures to improve UN peace operations, UN News, 13 November 2000 -- The Security Council today adopted a seven-part document in response to recommendations for improving United Nations peace operations that were put forward by an independent panel of experts earlier this year.
• Security Council, Responding To 'Brahimi Report,' Adopts Wide-Ranging Resolution On Peacekeeping Operations, UN Press Release, 13 November 2000 -- Welcoming the report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations -- the Brahimi report - and the report of the Secretary-General on its implementation, the Security Council this morning resolved to give peacekeeping operations clear, credible and achievable mandates.
• NAMIBIA: UNITA raids paramilitary camp in the Caprivi, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- Two suspected UNITA rebels and a Namibian security force member were killed and others wounded in a gun battle last Thursday night along the Trans-Caprivi Highway in the volatile Caprivi strip
• ANGOLA: Bomb blamed on Unita, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- Four people were seriously injured on Friday in northern Angola in a bomb attack on the eve of the country's 25th anniversary of independence.
• DRC: Political wrangling continues in Bunia, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- Political wrangling is still continuing in DRC's northeast Bunia area, with rebel leader Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba contending that his rival Mbusa Nyamwisi has failed to disband his militiamen who are still "roaming around".
• ANGOLA: Defense minister confirms Angolan military role in DRC, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- General Kundi Paihama, the Angolan minister of national defence, returned from Zimbabwe's capital Harare on Friday saying Angola would stand by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government
• SUDAN: NDA confirms government control, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- A spokesman for the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) confirmed from the Eritrean capital, Asmara, that the Sudanese government had regained control of Kassala, eastern Sudan
• SUDAN: Role of security forces investigated, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- Sudanese authorities are investigating the attack on Kassala, where more than 130 people were killed in fighting between government forces and rebels on Wednesday
• SUDAN: Narus bombing kills two, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- Two people were killed and 11 people injured in a renewed bombing of Narus, southern Sudan, on 9 November
• UN envoy to meet with Sierra Leone parties on implementation of ceasefire, UN News, 13 November 2000 -- An envoy of Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he intended to enter discussions with Sierra Leonean officials and the rebel army Revolutionary United Front (RUF) about the implementation of the recent ceasefire agreement reached between the two parties.
• SIERRA LEONE: British task force arrives, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- A taskforce of 500 Royal Marines has arrived in Freetown to reinforce other British soldiers already training the Sierra Leonean military.
• Russian Military Targets Chechen Field Commanders, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 220, Part I, 13 November 2000 -- Federal forces have killed 15 Chechen fighters in a large-scale operation in eastern Chechnya aimed at neutralizing field commanders Shamil Basaev and Khattab
• Grozny Mayor Implicates Russian Military In Human Rights Violations, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 220, Part I, 13 November 2000 -- Speaking on local television on 12 November, Beslan Gantemirov said that the human rights situation in Chechnya is "very serious," with some 15-20 Chechen civilians being killed daily
• Yugoslavia / Aid, Voice of America, 13 November 2000 -- Officials from the two republics that make up what remains of Yugoslavia agree that the country needs foreign aid.
• Montenegrin President Threatens Referendum On Independence, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 220, Part II, 13 November 2000 -- Milo Djukanovic said on 10 November that Montenegro will hold a referendum on secession from Yugoslavia unless the union between Serbia and Montenegro is radically modified
• Montenegro Drops The Yugoslav Dinar, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 220, Part II, 13 November 2000 -- The Yugoslav dinar is no longer legal tender in the republic of Montenegro beginning on 13 November
• Kostunica Again Rules Out Purge of Military, Police...Says Top Priority Is Return Of Serbs To Kosova, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 220, Part II, 13 November 2000 -- President Kostunica said in an interview with the German magazine "Der Spiegel" that the return of Serbs to the province of Kosova is his top goal
• U.S. Mission to OSCE Welcomes Yugoslavia as New Member, U.S. Mission to the OSCE, Vienna, 13 November 2000 -- The head of the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Ambassador David T. Johnson, welcomed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) as the newest member of the OSCE in a statement to the Permanent Council November 10 in Vienna.
• Israel - Palestinians, Voice of America, 13 November 2000 -- Palestinian gunmen have shot and killed three Israelis and wounded eight in the West Bank.
• Israeli Arabs, Voice of America, 13 November 2000 -- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is taking a toll on Israel's Arab population.
• At Doha Summit, Annan stresses OIC role in Middle East peace process, UN News, 13 November 2000 -- The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) has a role to play in ensuring that the Palestinian people are able to realize their dream of an independent State, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the OIC Summit that is currently under way in Doha, Qatar.
• State Dept. Noon Briefing - Muddle East Unrest, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 13 November 2000 -- Q: On the Islamic Conference. Saudi Arabia, long described as a moderate, supported Iran - in fact joined with Iran - in calling on Muslim countries with ties with Israel to end them. Has the US said anything to its good friends in Saudi Arabia?
• Chiapas Clash, Voice of America, 13 November 2000 -- Complaints have been filed before the Mexican Human Rights Commission following a violent clash on Sunday between federal police and indigenous villagers in the southern state of Chiapas.
• Security Council mission visits East Timor area worst hit by post-referendum chaos, UN News, 13 November 2000 -- The delegation of the United Nations Security Council, currently on a mission to East Timor to review the work of the UN operation in the newly independent territory and to assess security in the region, reaffirmed today its keen interest in the repatriation of refugees from West Timor.
• BURUNDI: Army-rebel clashes continue, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- Fighting between the army and rebels is ongoing in different parts of the country, with the intensity of clashes varying between regions and from day to day

News Reports

• Ivory Coast / Guei, Voice of America, 13 November 2000 -- Ivory Coast's former military ruler, Robert Guei, has made his first public appearance since going into hiding after he was forced out of power last month.
• TANZANIA: Cautious welcome for release of opposition activists, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- International organisations and personalities have given a cautious welcome to last week's release of 18 opposition activists in Zanzibar, ordered by the islands' new president Amani Karume.
• ZIMBABWE: Government "ignores" Supreme Court, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- The Zimbabwe government is ignoring a Supreme Court order demanding the eviction of squatters illegally occupying white-owned farms, a lawyer for the country's Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) told IRIN on Monday.
• BOEING-BUILT ANIK F1 SATELLITE READY FOR LAUNCH Boeing 13 Nov 2000 -- The most powerful communications satellite built to date, 17.5-kW Anik F1 satellite built for Telesat Canada, is scheduled for launch on Nov. 20, 2000 on an Ariane rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The 30-minute launch window opens at 3:56 PST, (6:56 EST and 23:56 GMT).