31.   Ali said he wants to see stricter laws and greater investigative powers given to the police.

32.   Crop substitution programs encouraged by constitutional monarch King Bhumibol Adulyadej, and stricter law enforcement, have greatly reduced the opium fields.

33.   Crimes by teen-agers, including two murders last year by a high school student in Kobe, have raised a national debate on adopting stricter juvenile laws.

34.   Environmentalists praised the plan, which will provide the framework for stricter laws, but hope its groundwork is not trampled by bureaucracy.

35.   He called for the adoption of stricter laws to fight the spread of extremism.

36.   He said stricter laws being drawn up by the incoming government to deal with demonstrations will empower police to ban the rally.

37.   It is introducing stricter laws in August to curb illegal immigration with penalties including whipping.

38.   Local officials want to help rid the city of crime and homeless people before the Olympics with stricter loitering laws and one-way bus tickets out of town.

39.   Officials said a stricter anti-rape law signed by President Fidel Ramos last week could help reduce the prevalence of sexual violence.

40.   Once again facing a debate over enforcing stricter Islamic laws, the Malaysian government has said no.