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• Lockheed Martin X-35A JSF Completes Taxi Tests, Readies for First Flight Lockheed Martin 21 Oct 2000 -- With the successful completion of taxi tests, the Lockheed Martin X-35A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) demonstrator has finished all major pre-flight trials. The stage is now set for the aircraft. s inaugural flight.

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• On the Line - Crisis in the Middle East, Voice of America, 21 October 2000 -- A conversation with David Wurmser, director of the Middle East Studies Program at the American Enterprise Institute.
• Osman Q&A - Arab Summit, Voice of America, 21 October 2000 -- An interview with Egyptian government spokesman Nabil Osman on the results of the Arab Emergency Summit held in Cairo.
• Israel-Palestian, Voice of America, 21 October 2000 -- Fresh clashes erupted today (Saturday) between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. At least two Palestinians were reported killed and more than 100 injured.
• Yugoslavia-Milosevic, Voice of America, 21 October 2000 -- Ousted Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has re-emerged on that country's political scene for the first time since he was forced to step down more than two weeks ago.
• Only demonstration in Brcko is small and peaceful, Stars and Stripes, 21 October 2000 -- There was only a small, peaceful student demonstration here on Friday as U.S. peacekeepers, international and local police in armored vehicles and Humvees were on the streets.
• Brasil-Colombia, Voice of America, 21 October 2000 -- Brazil's Defense Minister has dismissed the conclusions of a secret military report that warns of incursions into Brazilian territory by Colombian drug traffickers with ties to leftist rebels.

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• Sea Launch Delivers Thuraya Satellite to Orbit Boeing 21 Oct 2000 -- Sea Launch, the multinational ocean-based launch services company, successfully launched the heaviest commercial payload in history last night, the Thuraya-1 mobile communications satellite.
• SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THURAYA-1 SATELLITE FIRST BOEING GEO-MOBILE SPACECRAFT Boeing 21 Oct 2000 -- The Thuraya-1 satellite, part of a turnkey mobile communications system built for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company of the United Arab Emirates, was successfully launched last night on board a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket from the a the equator in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.