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

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

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

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Greek debt,now estimated at 13 percent of its gross domestic output, is more than four times higher than the limit imposed by the European Union.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

But,as I said, Mr.al-Megrahi now faces a sentence imposed by a higher power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

The Tea Party movement takes its name and inspiration from the Boston Tea Party of 1773 when American colonists dumped tea into Boston harbor to protest taxes imposed by ruling Britain.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"I think that you're going to see some significant additional sanctions imposed by the international community, assuming that the Iranians don't change course and agree to do the things they signed up to do at the beginning of October,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Kadyrov says there is information that all restrictions imposed on Chechnya will be lifted by the end of this month.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

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

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Israel's dovish Peace Now movement denies claims by the right-wing Israeli government that it has imposed a partial settlement freeze in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

which he argued has been "imposed . by outside parties" and has destabilized the region.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

The flotilla aimed to break a blockade that Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip in an effort to stop weapons from reaching the region that is controlled by the militant Hamas movement.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

The strategy includes an effort to draw attention to recent rate increases imposed on Americans by major health insurance companies, and the impact this has had on people the president has heard from directly in letters he reads each day.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

But they say the United States is losing patience with what they see as fruitless overtures to Tehran, and they say they believe that sanctions should be imposed without delay if the long-anticipated visit to Tehran by President Lula fails to produce results.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14