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• AIR FORCE HELICOPTER CRASHES IN AFGHANISTAN CENTCOM 23 Mar 2003 -- A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed 18 miles north of Ghazni, Afghanistan, at approximately 11:20 am (EST) while conducting a medical evacuation mission. The crash was not the result of enemy action.

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• CHECHNYA VOTE VOA 23 Mar 2003 -- Russian officials say more than 50-percent of eligible voters went to the polls for a referendum in Chechnya, making the vote valid under Russian law. The results are expected Monday.
• CHECHNYA VOTE VOA 23 Mar 2003 -- Chechens are voting in a Kremlin-backed constitutional referendum that promises wide autonomy for the breakaway republic within the Russian Federation. Chechen separatist rebels have already said they will only accept full independence, and earlier threatened to disrupt the poll.

• ISRAEL-FENCE VOA 23 Mar 2003 -- Israel is preparing to extend a controversial security fence in the West Bank farther eastward, in order for it to encompass more Israeli settlements. Palestinian officials have condemned the move, saying it amounts to Israel effectively seizing more territory.

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• SLOVENIA / REFERENDUM VOA 23 Mar 2003 -- Slovenians on Sunday approved the country's membership in NATO, according to preliminary results. By a much bigger margin, voters in the former Yugoslav republic also endorsed Slovenia's membership in the European Union. The NATO membership vote reflected Slovenia's concern about the war in Iraq.
• ZIMBABWE VIOLENCE VOA 23 Mar 2003 -- Many people were being treated in a private clinic in Harare, claiming they are victims of reprisals by government forces for last week's general strike called by the opposition. More than 250 injured people have been treated since Friday at one hospital alone.
• TURKEY POLITICS VOA 23 Mar 2003 -- The leader of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party Tayyip Erdogan has been officially confirmed as prime minister, after the parliament dominated by his party gave his new government a firm vote of confidence.
• W-H-O/ASIAN FLU VOA 23 Mar 2003 -- A team of experts from the World Health Organization is in Beijing trying to verify whether a flu-like illness reported in China is linked to an outbreak of a mysterious type of pneumonia in Southeast Asia and other regions in the world. The latest W-H-O figures put the number of suspected cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome at nearly 390, including 11-deaths.
• SLOVENIA REFERENDUM VOA 23 Mar 2003 -- The tiny former Yugoslav republic of Slovenia are voting on whether to join NATO and the European Union. But concern about the U-S-led war in Iraq has made the outcome regarding NATO membership uncertain.