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Burmese General Complains About Sanctions at the U.N.
Myanmar's high ranked army officers watch a parade during the Armed Forces Day in the administrative capital of Naypyidaw on March 27, 2009. (Hla Hla Htay/AFP/Getty Images)NEW YORK—General Thein Sein,...
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China Won’t Censure North Korea
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (R) with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama during the East Asian 3 Nations Summit on May 29, in Jeju, South Korea. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao showed no...
View ArticleEU Approves New Iran Sanctions
The European Union approved new restrictive measures against Iran on Thursday. The move comes a day after U.S. officials announced it was imposing new sanctions on Iran. The new European sanctions will...
View ArticleUS and EU Impose Sanctions on Belarus Over Election Crackdown
The United States and European Union announced new sanctions against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and other top Belarusian officials on Monday. The sanctions come in response to the violent...
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US, Canada, UK Impose New Tough Sanctions on Iran
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) announce new sanctions against Iran at the State Department, on Nov. 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty...
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EU Sanctions Iranian Oil Industry, Central Bank
Dhows carrying tourists cruise off the Oman's Khasab shores along the Strait of Hormuz on January 15, 2011. Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf if extra sanctions are imposed....
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Poll: Ordinary Iranians Brace for Impact of Sanctions
An Iranian woman shops at a bazaar in Isfahan, Iran, on July 7, 2009. (Ehsan Khosravi/AFP/Getty Images) Sanctions from the U.S., the European Union, and the United Nations will likely affect Iran’s...
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More Sanctions for Syria, EU Says
Syrian anti-regime protesters take part in a demonstration in Qusayr, nine miles from Homs, on February 27, 2012. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images) The European Union on Monday agreed to place more...
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US to Ease Some Sanctions on Burma
Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks after winning her seat in the parliamentary elections April 2 in Yangon, Burma. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) The U.S. State Department said it will remove...
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US to Ease Some Sanctions on Burma in Wake of By-election
Burma's democracy leader and newly elected Parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Dec. 2, 2011 in Yangon, Burma. Clinton announced this week that the United...
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Australia Eases Sanctions Against Burma
Burma's president Thein Sein gets in a limousine after arriving at Pochentong airport in Phnom Penh on April 2, to attend the 20th Association Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN ) summit that took place in...
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EU and US Step Up Pressure on Ukraine of Tymoshenko Case
Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko shows a bruise on her forearm, which she says is the result of abuse by prison guards at the Kachanivska penitentiary colony for women in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (AFP...
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Protests in Iran Over Currency Devaluation
Iranian riot police stand next to a garbage container that was set on fire by protesters in central Tehran, near the main bazaar, on Oct. 3. ( -/AFP/GettyImages) Iranian police have clashed with...
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Putting the Squeeze on Iran
The Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat spoke about the status of the Iranian nuclear program and the efficacy of multilateral diplomacy and sanctions as part of a panel discussion in Washington, D.C., on...
View ArticleUS-led sanctions affect Iranian Society and Indo-Iran trade
India has considerably cut down its import of crude oil from Iran. This is following US pressure of financial sanctions on countries dealing with the Islamic republic. US is accusing Iran of using...
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North Korea Threatens Nuclear Attack After UN Sanctions
North Korea threatens ‘pre-emptive’ nuclear attack in response to UN sanctions. This photo illustration shows North Korean currency. The success of the recent UN sanctions may depend largely on...
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Turkey Says Turkish, Russian Minister to Meet
The Turkish and Russian foreign ministers are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of an Organization for Security and Cooperation meeting in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Thursday, Turkey’s Foreign...
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