11.   She renewed her call for legislation the Clinton administration has been seeking in Congress to place tighter curbs on handguns.

12.   The Clinton-era negotiations focused on placing curbs on North Korean missiles.

13.   The government plans legislation to place more curbs on sex offenders, including pedophiles who prey on children via the Internet, Home Secretary David Blunkett said Wednesday.

14.   The White House sought to place strict curbs on making the information public but Lieberman balked at such restrictions.

15.   Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has promulgated a tough new media law placing curbs on the independent and foreign press, the official gazette announced Friday.