61.   Judges are now meting out harsher penalties to illegal immigrants, Singapore television said Saturday.

62.   Last October, the government amended the penal law to widen the scope of prohibited press reporting and imposed harsher penalties for violators.

63.   Legislation that would set harsher penalties for such crimes is moving through Congress.

64.   Many Salvadorans said harsher penalties are needed because of escalating crime.

65.   New measures include harsher penalties and public trials for a six-month nationwide anti-drug crusade.

66.   Nine states that have refused to sign onto the deal and are pressing efforts to win harsher penalties against Microsoft were not moved by the changes.

67.   Prosecutors, seeking harsher penalties in a doping case against Jaap Stam and Josep Guardiola, on Friday appealed the Italian league suspensions of the two Serie A players.

68.   Repeat offenders face harsher penalties that can only be decided by judges and not machines, a Subordinate Courts spokesman said.

69.   Record industry officials appealed for stricter controls by Greek authorities on the Bulgarian border and harsher penalties for the few smugglers caught.

70.   That applies unless there is other legislation specifying harsher penalties, such as in the case of illegal drugs.