61.   Anti-aircraft guns opened fire in Baghdad early Thursday, and U.S. and British officials announced they had launched a series of airstrikes.

62.   Beijing launched a series of menacing missile tests and war games near Taiwan.

63.   Both ABC and NBC are launching a series of summer concerts during the sweeps period.

64.   But before the second Sino-US summit between Mr Clinton and his Chinese counterpart Jiang Zemin, Washington and Beijing are to launch a series of high-level talks.

65.   But black policemen have launched a series of increasingly militant protests, including the seizing of white commanders of hostages, to press for more rapid changes.

66.   China Beer has launched a series of big newspaper advertisements, threatening to sue anybody who sells Tsingtao here without its permission.

67.   China froze all high-level contacts for a half-year and launched a series of menacing missile tests and war games in the waters off Taiwan.

68.   Croatian strikers Davor Suker and Robert Prosinecki launched a series of spirited attacks, but missed their chances.

69.   CSKA launched a series of inconclusive attacks in the second half with Todor Yanchev and veteran Yordan Lechkov threatening the goal of Christian Abbiati.

70.   Despite international calls to avoid aggravating Turkish-Greek relations, Ankara has launched a series of naval exercises in the Aegean Sea.