31.   An American citizen serving life sentence for smuggling heroin asked her lawyer Monday to petition the Supreme Court for an early release, her legal advisor said.

32.   An award-winning American television journalist was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for attempting to smuggle heroin out of country.

33.   An Egyptian was hanged in a Cairo prison Monday for smuggling heroin into the country, police said.

34.   An Indian convicted of smuggling heroin was beheaded Monday, and the government warned that any others caught trafficking would meet the same fate.

35.   An Afghan convicted of smuggling heroin was beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Friday, the Interior Ministry said.

36.   An American woman who has served two years of a life sentence for smuggling heroin in Bangladesh was ordered freed Wednesday.

37.   An Indian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia Friday for smuggling heroin, the Interior Ministry said.

38.   An Indonesia court has sentenced four foreigners to death for smuggling heroin into the country, news reports said Tuesday.

39.   Another statement issued by the ministry said Gholam Murtaza Haji Ahmed Bakhish was found guilty of attempting to smuggle heroin into the kingdom.

40.   Asian traffickers usually smuggle heroin in greater bulk into the United States by sea, which is harder to detect and therefore seized less often.