April 1999 Launch of Operation Nigeria, a new investigation into the murder and the sale of illegally-obtained information by Rees to newspapers.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced the launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, named in reference to a sword of the Prophet Muhammad.
A year ago, when the launch of Operation Moshtarak marked the start of a new strategy against the Taliban, American generals ramped up expectations of a swift victory in Marja, followed by the installation of a "government in a box".
A new wave of hacking claims had been expected following Scotland Yard's launch of Operation Pinetree, which is investigating allegations against journalists who worked mainly on the features desk of the NOTW.
The charity's founder and chairman Lord Ashcroft said: "To have a wanted individual hand themselves in within a week of the launch of Operation Captura is a fantastic result.
As Israel and Hamas take a breather from fighting a month after Israel's launch of Operation Protective Edge, it seems like a good moment to take note again of some salient numbers:1.
The battle of Gaugamela, in 331 B.C., in which a quarter of a million men, under King Darius III, were put to rout by Alexander with a force of less than fifty thousand, was, in essence, the launch of Operation Persian Freedom.
Aamer Anwar, the civil rights lawyer who acted for Sheridan in 2010 and campaigned for the launch of Operation Rubicon, said he was very disappointed with the collapse of the trial.
Military commanders said the launch of Operation Moshtarak went "without a single hitch", with US-led airstrikes on Marjah, a town in the Helmand river valley where up to 1,000 Taliban fighters are thought to be holed up.
