1.   American officials have been trying to work out a U.N. resolution to toughen economic sanctions, particularly controls on financial transactions by Serbian-controlled companies.

2.   Adding to the economic pressures on Yugoslavia, Clinton on Saturday toughened sanctions to bar most trade with its Serb republic.

3.   The bill also would toughen sanctions for failing to comply with the insurance and inspection rules, making jail time a possibility in addition to fines.

4.   The Republican-controlled Congress appears ready to toughen sanctions against Iran, which is on the U.S. list of countries that support international terrorism.

5.   The US government long ago seized assets of those groups, but the list toughens financial sanctions against them and provides more tools to freeze accounts overseas.

6.   But the United States and Russia have struck a deal on Saturday to toughen sanctions unless U.N. weapons inspectors certify that Baghdad is being fully cooperative.

7.   Earlier this year, the Commonwealth agreed to toughen sanctions against Abkhazia, and Russian forces began imposing an embargo, detaining ships bound for separatist ports.

8.   His plan does not call for an increase in taxes but rather increasing the number of taxpayers and toughening sanctions against tax evaders.

9.   If Libya fails to meet the deadline, the two Western allies have said they would propose that the U.N. Security Council toughen its sanctions against the country.

10.   In a renewed U.S. bid to toughen sanctions, she urged other nations to join in a worldwide embargo on Libyan oil exports.