21.   Germany has approved a law banning cyberspace smut and Nazi propaganda, but critics contend it is too vague on the responsibilities of companies that provide on-line services.

22.   Georgia legislators last year approved a law requiring judges to warn defendants that a guilty plea could affect their immigration status.

23.   Germany approved a law that will make insider trading a crime punishable by as long as five years in prison.

24.   If Congress approves a strong education law this year, it will redouble pressure on the states to pursue their own reform initiatives.

25.   In New York, Gov. George Pataki proposed in the budget he unveiled Tuesday that a charter school law be approved.

26.   In October, Phoenix approved a law regulating the vendors after a long-standing plea by neighbors who complained the merchants generate noise, trash and traffic.

27.   In July, a five-judge appeals panel approved the law, upholding an earlier lower-court decision.

28.   Indeed, disproportionate assignment by race has become so commonplace across the country that Congress just approved a law requiring districts to keep special-education statistics by race.

29.   Kansas and Arizona approved laws this year.

30.   Last month, Parliament approved a law requiring the use of the Slovak language in many circumstances.