11.   Outside of pinpoint NATO air strikes, which the international community now seems to consider ineffective, there are no direct ways to enforce U.N. decrees.

12.   Adams said the junta will also begin enforcing military decrees punishing people for hoarding or diverting petroleum products.

13.   Khatami, asked whether Tehran would lift its death sentence on author Salman Rushdie, said his government had already pledged not to enforce the decree.

14.   Maskhadov has ordered the police and security forces to enforce the decree and prosecute field commanders who fail to comply, said presidential spokesman Mairbek Vachagayev.

15.   Outside of NATO air strikes, which the international community has effectively ruled out, there are no direct ways to enforce U.N. decrees.

16.   Opposition deputies said the vote Thursday means authorities are still trying to enforce the decrees to keep their grip on power.

17.   Special working groups will be established to enforce the decree.

18.   In the event, the decree was not enforced as Germany complied with EU directives for a less rigorous policy.

19.   But although the interior ministry has cracked down on the armed gangs, the passion for firearms so prevalent in the Caucasus will make the decree hard to enforce.

20.   The earlier decree was enforced in April last year by then president Abdurrahman Wahid.