51.   Chinese authorities in April ordered harsher penalties and public trials for a six-month nationwide anti-drug crusade.

52.   Facing a rising drug problem, China is hitting back with harsher penalties, public trials and forced treatment for addicts, as well as dipping into imperial history.

53.   Faced with rising drug addiction, China ordered harsher penalties and public trials for a six-month nationwide anti-drug crusade, Chinese state-run media reported Tuesday.

54.   For years the afflictedindustries have lobbied for enforcement with more bite, legislativechanges for harsher penalties and wider powers, and deterrent sentencing.

55.   He noted the severity of the sentence, but said she probably would have received a much harsher penalty if she had been caught at Bangkok Airport.

56.   Hue suggested harsher penalties should be introduced to put an end to the burgeoning prostitution trade.

57.   In other business, the governors approved harsher penalties for elbowing, charging and head-butting.

58.   Inclusion in the law means harsher penalties for violators and gives federal prosecutors the option of stepping in if local authorities decline to press charges.

59.   Jordan amended its penal code in October, widening the scope of prohibited press reporting and imposing harsher penalties for violators.

60.   Judges are now meting out harsher penalties to illegal immigrants.