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• Israel Aircraft Industries Selected for F-5B Avionics Upgrade Program in Spain worth $20 Million Israel Aerospace Industries 11 Jul 2000 -- Ben-Gurion International Airport, Israel - The Spanish Air Force has awarded a contract of 21 Million Euro (about $20 million), to Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd./Lahav Division for the upgrade of the SAF SF-5B.
• U.S. Air Force Funds First Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Mission Boeing 11 Jul 2000 -- The U. S. Air Force has authorized production of the first Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle -- a Boeing Delta IV -- to support the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS).

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 11 Jul 2000
• SREBRENICA ANNIVERSARY, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- Five-years ago today (July 11, 1995), Bosnian Serbs overran the town of Srebrenica. The United Nations had declared it a safe area, but after the Serb takeover, more than seven-thousand Muslim men and boys were executed. There are commemorations today in Srebrenica, and in The Hague.
• CONGO-KINSHASA / REFUGEES, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- The U-N refugee agency says it will close its last camp of Rwandan and Burundian refugees in Congo- Kinshasa next month.
• UNHCR / ERITREA REFUGEES, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it will meet with Eritrean and Sudanese officials later this week in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, to discuss plans for the possible repatriation of an estimated 90-thousand Eritrean refugees now in Sudan.
• INDONESIA / SECURITY WORRIES, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- Indonesia's defense minister has painted a bleak picture of the country's security situation, citing a lack of funds and personnel.
• LANKA/DESERTERS, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- The Sri Lankan government has arrested more than 47-hundred army deserters.
• SIERRA LEONE FORCE SIZE, Voice of America, 11 July 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council has (Tuesday) moved closer to authorizing an increase in the size of the Sierra Leone peacekeeping force.

News Reports

• U.S. AIR FORCE DECLARES THE ORBITAL-BUILT TSX-5 SATELLITE FULLY FUNCTIONAL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE Orbital Sciences Corp. 11 Jul 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that the U.S. Air Force recently declared the Tri-Service Experiments Mission 5 (TSX-5) 'fully functional' nearly two weeks earlier than the scheduled 30-day in-orbit 'checkout' period.