71.   Susumu Umeda, a Defense Agency spokesman, said harsher penalties are being considered for leaking classified information.

72.   The central government this spring began an anti-drug crackdown that uses harsher penalties, public trials and forced drug treatment.

73.   The judge handed down the harsher penalties.

74.   The judge said he would have considered a harsher penalty for Miller if he could have.

75.   The government says harsher penalties are needed to halt rising violent crime nationwide, a result of arms and refugees pouring in from neighboring war-torn Liberia.

76.   The legislation would create a new civil injunction designed to deter low-level harassment, and harsher criminal penalties of up to five years in prison for more serious offenders.

77.   The government, however, said the alterations replaced harsher penalties under the press and publications law.

78.   The government, however, said the alterations were necessary because they replaced harsher penalties under the press and publications law.

79.   The government amended a penal law last October to widen the scope of prohibited media reporting and impose harsher penalties on offenders.

80.   The report said police were trying to reverse the trend by enforcing harsher penalties for drunken driving and other common offenses.