Aug 28, 2000

MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia has again postponed the launch of a rocket carryingfive satellites for Saudi Arabia, Italy and Malaysia because of technicalproblems.

Sep 01, 2000

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has signed a $204 million contract with a Frenchdefense group for its first spy satellite.

Sep 04, 2000

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey is preparing to launch its third communicationssatellite.

Sep 07, 2000

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel cancelled a test of the Arrow-2 anti-missiledefense system because of a failure in the new target missile developed byRafael, Israel Armament Development Authority.