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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 19 May 2003
• MIDEAST-PEACE TALKS 2nd long UPDATE VOA 17 May 2003 -- The Israeli and Palestinian Prime Ministers concluded their first summit early Sunday on a new U-S backed peace plan to end nearly three years of violence. The talks went ahead despite two separate attacks by Palestinian militants against Jewish settlers in the West Bank. Both sides have agreed to meet again next week.
• MIDEAST / PEACE TALKS VOA 17 May 2003 -- A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber has killed two Jewish settlers in the West Bank, hours before top level Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
• MIDEAST / PEACE TALKS VOA 17 May 2003 -- The Israeli and Palestinian Prime Ministers are scheduled to meet later today (Saturday) to discuss a possible cease-fire agreement that would end nearly three years of bloodshed.

• JAPAN / ACEH TALKS (L-3rd UPDATE) VOA 17 May 2003 -- The Indonesian government and separatist rebels met for peace talks in Tokyo as scheduled Saturday, and Indonesian authorities subsequently released five members of the rebel negotiating team whose detention had threatened to derail the talks.
• JAPAN/ACEH TALKS VOA 17 May 2003 -- The Indonesian government and separatist rebels met for peace talks in Tokyo as scheduled Saturday, and Indonesian authorities subsequently released five members of the rebel negotiating team whose detention had threatened to derail the talks.

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• SLOVAKIA / REFERENDUM VOA 17 May 2003 -- Slovakia's prime minister, Mikulas Dzurinda, says his country has approved European Union membership in a referendum that was nearly invalid because of a low voter turnout. Official results are expected Sunday, but it is already clear that over 90 percent of Slovaks participating in the ballot, voted for joining the European Union.
• Slovakia: EU Hails Referendum Results RFE/L 17 May 2003 -- The European Commission has congratulated Slovakia after better than nine out of 10 voters in the Central European country backed entry into the EU in a two-day national referendum.
• NY/ CUBA PROTESTS VOA 17 May 2003 -- In New York today (Saturday), pro and anti- Fidel Castro activists demonstrated across from the Cuban Mission to the United Nations. At the same time, a coalition of Cuban-American artists and writers condemned Cuba's latest crackdown on dissidents.
• Slovakia: Low Turnout Feared As Polls Close In Vote On EU RFE/L 17 May 2003 -- The polls have closed in Slovakia in the country's two-day national referendum on joining the European Union.
• SWITZERLAND/G-8 VOA 17 May 2003 -- Swiss officials say they are prepared for visiting heads of state, anti-globalization protesters, and even the possibility of terrorist attacks drawn to next month's G-8 summit in nearby Evian, France. The leaders of the world's seven most industrialized countries and Russia have invited their counterparts from nearly 30 non-G-8 countries to take part in the summit, which is to focus on development.
• ASIA / SARS VOA 17 May 2003 -- The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome appears to be worsening in Taiwan, while the situation in Singapore and Hong Kong is getting significantly better.
• W-H-O / SARS VOA 17 May 2003 -- Epidemiologists meeting at the World Health Organization, W-H-O, say the SARS epidemic is coming to an end in most places around the world. The big exception is mainland China. Experts from around the world participated in a two-day conference in Geneva to report on measures to combat the fatal pneumonia-like disease.