101.   In recent months, the government launched a crackdown on illegal metal reception points.

102.   In response to severe international criticism, the government launched a crackdown on the drug business.

103.   In neighboring Russia, the government has launched a crackdown on illegal alcohol, which remains widely available in many of the former Soviet republics.

104.   In Washington, the U.S. government has launched its own campaign to get its message across.

105.   It comes at a time when the government has launched an unprecedented crackdown on hardline Islamic extremist groups.

106.   It was only in October that the South African government launched an AIDS awareness program.

107.   Kidnappings have declined over the past two months since the Philippine government launched a major crackdown, a prominent anti-crime crusader said Thursday.

108.   Last January, the German government launched a campaign against the Church of Scientology, saying it threatens democracy and should be put under surveillance.

109.   Last year, the government launched a clean-water campaign for the Mekong Delta, urging people to build more septic systems.

110.   Later that month, the government launched a disarmament program and promised to disband the gangs.