Among other decisions, they announced an arms embargo and sanctions against leaders of the military junta in the West African country of Guinea.

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Mohammed Kamaali, who heads the Campaign against Military Action and Sanctions against Iran.

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"Despite the fact that the prevailing diplomatic winds these days blow in the direction of diplomacy alone, I believe with all my heart that diplomacy and sanctions are not mutually exclusive."

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Security Council resolution, but maybe more importantly the unilateral sanctions imposed by America and now by the European Union."

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"We should use all possible sanctions and keep looking for ways to get North Korea to change through international collaboration.

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All of this,he says, also has been compounded by new economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations and the U.S.

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Mr.Reinfeldt underscored that the sanctions are primarily travel restrictions and a freeze of foreign assets of senior ZANU-PF officials.

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"All those problems and all those reactions are a response to the sanctions imposed by not only the fourth U.N.

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Have you lifted the oppressive sanctions? Have you stopped insulting us and making accusations against our great nation and its leaders?

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The European Union imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe in 2002 following elections marked by violence and accusations of widespread fraud.

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Expanded U.S.sanctions would cover petroleum, petroleum by-products, oil or liquefied natural gas, tankers,and products used to construct or maintain pipelines.

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Short-range test launches are not formally prohibited under United Nations sanctions against the North, which forbid medium and long-range ballistic activities.

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North Korea says new U.N.sanctions could bring about war on the Korean peninsula and will not slow its nuclear program.

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The United States,the European Union, and others imposed damaging sanctions on Burma for suppressing democracy and human rights.

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The U.S.and other Western nations have long imposed sanctions on the government, which he says have not worked.

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"Brazil considers it unnatural to rush to sanctions before the parties concerned can sit and talk about the implementation of the declaration."

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Turning to Asia, Burma's Prime Minister, Thein Sein, said Western economic sanctions against his country are politically motivated and should be lifted.

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McCain said the United States, France,Britain and Germany should not wait for the United Nations before imposing their own stepped-up sanctions regime.

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Noriega says maintaining sanctions will give the U.S.leverage to press Cuba's rulers to release political prisoners and grant their citizens political rights.

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In recent weeks the European Union and the United States voted to extend sanctions against South Africa's neighbor.

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The U.N.and U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, last month, to force it to stop enriching uranium for its controversial nuclear program.

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He is heard here through a translator. "Sanctions are being employed as a political tool against Myanmar and we consider them unjust,".

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The European Union and United States have said that an unconstitutional transfer of power could bring sanctions.

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Beijing,which has extensive trade and economic ties with Tehran, has been reluctant to press for new sanctions.

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by the Obama administration has achieved more than eight years of bellicose posturing and 15 years of sanctions and 30 years without dialogue.

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North Korea, whose economy is in tatters and is facing tough international sanctions is participating in the World Expo for the very first time.

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But Security Council members Russia and China have shown little appetite for another round of sanctions.

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The Spanish Foreign Minister said that recent sanctions on Iran's energy, foreign trade and banking sectors sent a clear message to the Tehran government.

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Both the test-firing and the sanctions vote come in the midst of an ongoing conflict between Iran and the West over its nuclear program.

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