51.   Among his pledges to the women activists, Banharn said he will strengthen laws against prostitution.

52.   At the recent European-African conference on drug trafficking, officials agreed to strengthen their laws and to share information to make the region less friendly to smugglers.

53.   But David Trimble, Protestant leader of the new cross-community government, appealed to Prime Minister Tony Blair to strengthen British laws to match Irish proposals.

54.   He said migration laws were being strengthened to punish those trying to emigrate illegally.

55.   He said the government had strengthened laws and increased manpower to enforce them because it wanted to prove it was a responsible trading partner.

56.   In particular, he said, child maintenance laws would be strengthened to make sure people fulfilled their legal obligations to support children.

57.   In three separate votes, deputies passed a package of reforms to strengthen federal laws against family violence and rape, including domestic rape.

58.   It also praised most of the countries in the region for strengthening their laws against the drug menace.

59.   It promised to phase out lead in gasoline, strengthen laws on pesticides and pollution prevention, and include biodiversity protection in forestry, agriculture and coastal management.

60.   Japan is poised to become the biggest foreign investor in Vietnam, once Hanoi simplifies its approval process and strengthens its laws, Japanese businessmen said Wednesday.