111.   If all things go according to plan, Bakhet said an aid operation would begin in earnest as early as Tuesday.

112.   In view of this, additional underwater work was needed to patch, strengthen and reinforce the respective locations before pumping and refloating operations could begin.

113.   Instead of the test, actual spacecraft operations began, including the firing of pyrotechnics to undo latches.

114.   Israeli artillery and front-line battle tanks hammered suspected guerrilla hideouts in villages that had been abandoned by most of its population since the Israeli operation began Thursday.

115.   It is expected to be completed by October and operations will begin soon after.

116.   Israeli military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that an operation had begun in Nablus.

117.   It is too early to say when operations will begin or how much each partner will invest, said Nissan spokesman Ryuji Nakayama.

118.   Its operations began with Alta VistaSkali, a popular Internet search engine.

119.   It said Russia was arguing that a peacekeeping operation could not begin until the U.N. Security Council approved it.

120.   Journalists have been barred from entering Iraq since the operation began last Wednesday.