1.   Talks are under way to toughen trade restrictions.

2.   Congress has been reluctant to toughen restrictions on tobacco products, and there is little broadcast advertising for cigars.

3.   Powell also struck out with a plan to ease economic sanctions against Iraq and toughen military restrictions.

4.   Shaw and Castro discussed a new congressional proposal to toughen restrictions against Cuba.

5.   Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien on Saturday said his government will toughen import restrictions to combat child labor in many Asian countries.

6.   Most guns recovered at Canadian crime scenes are legal, unrestricted weapons, suggests a study released Wednesday by Canadian police in an effort to toughen gun control restrictions.

7.   Salvadoran authorities also are considering toughening current restrictions on visitors from the Middle East or those with past links to extremist groups, Sandoval said.

8.   Vote to toughen restrictions on immigrants.

9.   The South Korea government is toughening legal restrictions on unwanted e-mail distributors which have been accused of clogging Internet sites and e-mail accounts.