1.   A major rescue operation was launched yesterday after two divers were reported missing.

2.   A big rescue operation has been launched for a trawler missing in the English Channel.

3.   Again the British at first dragged their feet, but eventually decided to launch an operation, this time without any Free French participation whatsoever.

4.   A major rescue operation was launched yesterday after two divers were reported missing off Redcar.

5.   Army Rangers, Navy SEALs and Marine and Air Force special forces would launch operations.

6.   Aviano would be a likely staging ground for similar support should a NATO operation be launched in the Serb province of Kosovo, as is being contemplated.

7.   Aviano would be a likely staging ground for similar support should a NATO operation be launched in the Serb province of Kosovo.

8.   Adopting the example of the Hezbollah, Palestinians attack Israeli settlers and soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza, while terrorist operations are launched within Israel itself.

9.   But the secrecy with which the operation was launched, and the fact that it falls below the radar of regulations, have alarmed some politicians and local residents.

10.   Clinton reiterated his readiness to launch military operations if Saddam evades inspections again.