1.   She canceled transfer orders, toughened policy on Russia, and threatened to punish those responsible for an embezzlement scandal at the ministry.

2.   The passage of a California ballot initiative and the drubbing of Democrats in the midterm elections will likely accelerate efforts to toughen immigration policy.

3.   TOUGHER POLICY HINTED IN EUROPE The head of the European Central Bank, Wim Duisenberg, signaled that it might soon toughen monetary policy.

4.   Over the weekend, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albert wrote the EU governments asking them to toughen their policies toward Tehran.

5.   But the professor predicted that the Bush administration would neither toughen its policy nor retreat from its current stance.

6.   Tennis has already said it would toughen its policy to fall into line with the IOC, while the cycling federation is also moving towards universal sanctions.

7.   The guest policy was toughened last semester for security reasons, Grider said.

8.   Hunt said the NFL policy should be toughened to random in-season tests and one pre-season test with prior notice.

9.   Washington has recently toughened its policies against illegal immigration, a move that, according to critics, has led to a militarization of the US-Mexican border.

10.   The China Times reported that Beijing has decided to toughen its policy towards Taiwan in a bid to warn the island over its diplomatic agitation.