11.   The former Italian international forward received the stiff punishment for vigorously protesting a simulation call against him last week.

12.   The judge said the courts had to uphold the integrity of government officials by meting out stiff punishment on offenders.

13.   The Jamaican Senate passed a bill Thursday that would impose stiff punishments for those convicted of money laundering in the Caribbean country.

14.   The stiff punishment is intended to discourage young Poles from making bomb threats.

15.   Transport and Communications Minister Suleiman Tejan-Jalloh ordered an official investigation in the dumping and promised stiff punishments if the perpetrators were traced.

16.   Vietnamese authorities, concerned about rising levels of addiction, have meted out stiff punishment for smugglers.

17.   Illegal workers will face expulsion, and employers have also been threatened with stiff punishments.

18.   Illegal workers will face expulsion and employers have also been threatened with stiff punishments.

19.   Illegal workers will face expulsion, and employers have been threatened with stiff punishments.

20.   It said expatriates who failed to take advantage of the pardon would be subject to stiff punishment, including several years in prison and heavy fines.