1.   A commercial program for launching foreign satellites is largely successful.

2.   Ali acknowledged that many of the movies were recorded off foreign satellite movie channels and rebroadcast without permission or payment.

3.   Last week, the government issued a warning in an official newspaper that cable operators were barred from carrying foreign satellite programs.

4.   Russia is also developing a successful business in launching foreign satellites for profit.

5.   Still, foreign satellite manufacturers and operators say the rules could discourage them from buying American.

6.   The Chinese government enacted a ban on the reception of foreign satellite TV services soon thereafter.

7.   Under Chinese law, cable operators are not allowed to retransmit foreign satellite signals.

8.   After several postponements, a Russian booster rocket blasted off Friday carrying one Russian and five foreign satellites, including an Israeli one.

9.   Among the launches are several to place foreign satellites into orbit.

10.   An influential Islamic body has proposed that the government set up a television facility that would censor foreign satellite broadcasts and redistribute the programs by cable.