1.   The government has launched a programme to help unemployed young people find work.

2.   The government has launched a website containing information on environmental issues.

3.   The government has launched an official inquiry into his alleged ill-treatment but no findings have been made public.

4.   The government is launching a new initiative to bring jobs to deprived areas.

5.   Renamo insisted on Kenyan mediation and claimed that the Frelimo government had launched a major offensive against rebel-controlled zones.

6.   The government launched a review of national security arrangements with a view to rectifying any existing deficiencies.

7.   The gesture followed months of escalating political violence in Sind during which the PPP had claimed that the provincial government had launched a political vendetta against its members.

8.   In January the government had launched a major offensive aimed at capturing the Karen headquarters at Manerplaw on the eastern border with Thailand.