21.   A prominent dissident who called last year for an election boycott has been charged with subversion, a crime punishable by death.

22.   A military prosecutor on Thursday charged a journalist working for the international Arabic newspaper Al Hayat with contacting Israel and meeting Israeli officials, crimes punishable by death.

23.   A separate court has launched a probe to determine whether Fuat incited religious hatred, a crime punishable with up to three years in prison.

24.   A prominent dissident who sent out greeting cards last year calling for an election boycott has been charged with subversion, a crime punishable by death.

25.   A United Nations treaty creating a permanent international criminal tribunal was rejected by Israel because it would consider occupying land to be a punishable crime, officials said Sunday.

26.   A Swiss prosecutor considers him suspect of committing crimes punishable by Swiss law.

27.   A prominent dissident who last year called for an election boycott has been charged with subversion, a crime punishable by death.

28.   A United Nations treaty creating a war crimes tribunal was rejected by Israel because it would consider occupying land to be a punishable crime, officials said Sunday.

29.   Ahmed Mohammed Murad was accused of issuing a bounced check, a crime punishable in Lebanon by up to three years in jail, said Rahme.

30.   Altering or defacing a Web site is a federal crime punishable by a fine or up to five years in prison.