71.   Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Friday defended controversial efforts by his governments to further tighten anti-terrorism laws, insisting he has no intention of turning Germany into a police state.

72.   China tightened laws on waste water disposal to preserve Lake Tai that abuts the factory.

73.   Coincidentally, two hours after the shooting in Erfurt began, parliament approved a proposal to further tighten weapons laws.

74.   Consumer agencies argue that the banks only want to tighten the laws so they can avoid having to rein in their marketing blitz.

75.   Denmark and Sweden are engaged in a high-level war of words over Danish moves to tighten immigration laws.

76.   Denmark moves to tighten immigration law.

77.   During that time it has tightened tax laws and has claimed great success in stamping out tax avoidance.

78.   European Union plans to tighten labeling laws for foods containing genetically modified soybeans and corn were dealt a blow Thursday when a panel of EU food experts rejected them.

79.   Following a flood of Kurds to Italian shores, Italy has tightened its laws to help ensure that illegal immigrants indeed leave the country when ordered expelled.

80.   Germany tightened asylum laws and moved to cut off flow of refugees from former Yugoslavia.