91.   A human rights group and a presidential official hit out Monday at a police proposal introducing tougher laws, including warrantless arrests, to tackle kidnapping in the Philippines.

92.   A parliamentary committee is backing a proposal by the Kuwaiti government to introduce tougher laws to curb illegal weapons, newspapers reported on Thursday.

93.   A dozen other mainly Muslim states in northern Nigeria have introduced Sharia law to varying degrees over the past two years.

94.   Ali Mahdi introduced Sharia law in north Mogadishu last year, but it is not in effect in the south.

95.   But questioned about a very controversial proposal to introduce a law allowing religious groups to vote en bloc, Sin prudently remained quite.

96.   But the plan to go further and introduce sharia law is running into formidable opposition from a wide spectrum of Malaysian women.

97.   China last week unveiled legal amendments to its counter-revolution offences and introduced harsh laws to crush anti-Chinese campaigns in Tibet and the northwestern province of Xinjiang.

98.   China last week unveiled legal amendments updating its Stalinist counter-revolution offences and introduced harsh laws to crush anti-Chinese campaigns in Tibet and Xinjiang.

99.   The UN human rights commission is recommending that the German government introduce laws to counter growing anti-Semitism and xenophobia, according to a UN report released here Wednesday.

100.   Turkish officials asked Iran to recall its ambassador in Ankara after he publicly expressed support for religious extremists trying to introduce Islamic law in Turkey.