81.   Israel has launched strikes on Gaza and the West Bank in retaliation for the weekend suicide bomb attacks.

82.   Israel launched military strikes earlier this week to force Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to take tough action against terrorists.

83.   Israel launched the strike in response to the killing of an Israeli Cabinet minister by Palestinian militants last week.

84.   It also described conditions at the police station that caused the protesters to launch their strike.

85.   Israeli fighter-bombers on Saturday launched two strikes against a Palestinian guerrilla base south of Beirut, Lebanese security officials said.

86.   Later, Defense Secretary George Robertson told a committee of lawmakers that strikes would be launched at military targets only.

87.   Much attention has been turned to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan recently because they border Afghanistan and could serve as a convenient platform for launching strikes on Afghanistan.

88.   Muslim militants launch nationwide strike to protest U.S.-led air campaign.

89.   NATO warplanes launched strikes on two days last week after British jets and the UN-declared safe zone of Bihac came under fire from Serb positions in Croatia and Bosnia.

90.   NATO launched the strikes after Bosnian Serbs violated a U.N. protected zone.