11.   A Myanmar exile group said Monday that several opposition party members have been charged under the provisions of a harsh emergency law and face long jail terms.

12.   Authorities responded with harsh new laws threatening long prison terms for any such action.

13.   He is blamed for passing harsh Islamic laws and punishments and nurturing pro-Islamic fundamentalist officers within the army.

14.   Human rights groups in Sudan have said they fear that harsh anti-crime laws could be used against dissidents.

15.   Imposing harsh Islamic laws across the board would lead to social unrest, he said, urging them to be more pragmatic.

16.   Imposing harsh Islamic laws across the board would bring unrest, he said.

17.   It said Patten had failed to repeal harsh colonial laws which it feared would be used by China to censor and punish journalists.

18.   Large ethnic Russian minority complains of discrimination under harsh laws to protect Latvian language and discourage use of Russian.

19.   Musharraf also attacked religious and ethnic violence in Pakistan, introduced a harsh new anti-terrorist law and banned two militant extremist groups.

20.   Oil Minister Dan Etete accused foreign oil companies Thursday of abusing their powers and announced harsh new laws on hiring, firing and other business decisions.