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He said the U. S. will end sanctions on North Korea if it 'is taking serious steps around the nuclear issue. '

Mr. Medvedev said the U. S. has nothing to lose by imposing additional sanctions, as it has no ties with Iran, unlike Russia and China.

Average income per person is one of the lowest in the world after years of state control of the economy and international sanctions.

Laundering is often used to avoid sanctions or to mask an illegal source of funds, such as drugs and gambling.

American sanctions against the bank will continue to scare other banks around the world away from doing business with North Korea.

He said he doubts the U. S. would lift sanctions without a clear sign from Ms. Suu Kyi.

Myanmar's leaders, no doubt, would like to see sanctions lifted rapidly.

He said he was concerned that the added sanctions will harm people in Iran.

'They are really happy to see Western faces again, after all the years of sanctions, ' he says.

He said the major powers need to lift four sets of sanctions imposed by the U.

It seems to be sending all the wrong messages to everybody . . . It is likely to lead to more UN sanctions rather than less.

Syria is still classified by the United States as a state sponsor of terrorism and is subject to sanctions.

But China seems to be raising the stakes threatening sanctions on US companies selling arms to Taiwan, including Boeing.

He said the United States has agreed to set up of a working group under the six-nation talks to discuss US financial sanctions.

"One of the issues was US financial sanctions, which unfortunately China did not oppose, " he said.

But it would beno less remarkable if it were to veto sanctions on its own.

The Congress and others have to ask themselves whether it is possible to maintain an agreement without either sanctions or incentives.

Within a week I had decided to send Patriot missiles to South Korea and to ask the UN to impose economic sanctions against North Korea.

This position is irreconcilable with that of the US and its allies, which have enacted a series of sanctions against Iran.

Had sanctions been properly applied, future excessive borrowing by other countries might have been curtailed.

She said the proposal is in line with the EU's twin-track approach of using both dialogue and sanctions to target Iran's atomic program.

While the US has already started the sanctions, it is now very interesting to watch what China is going to do about this.

The statement said the EU travel ban and asset freeze on sanctions list of new officers and a pro-Gaddafi, the Libyan airline.

Q: There has been a bit of talk that engagement hasn't worked, that we need to focus more on sanctions, on punishments.

The U. S. will continue over the next several months to try to push sanctions through the Security Council.

The Treasury Department said the sanctions against Gadhafi, three of his sons and a daughter also apply to the Libyan government.

He said: "If economic sanctions do not achieve their goals, they should issue a credible threat of force. "

Japan's banking watchdog likely will issue sanctions in the next two months against Citigroup, according to people familiar with the matter.

He said today that Iran would stop negotiations with the P5 1 countries if further sanctions were to be imposed.

The United States will also have the same approach, we are also prepared for its implementation in the next few days, additional sanctions.

He said he hopes any sanctions, however, would target the country's leaders and not strike at its impoverished people.

Analysts say the sanctions aimed at clamping down on luxury goods will crimp Mr Kim's ability to pamper those who keep him in power.

Officials said the U. S. wants any sanctions to be imposed with the U. N. Security Council and European allies.

Clinton said the Obama administration is committed to increasing the pressure on Syria, including through additional financial sanctions.

Mr Qin confirmed the phone conversation and said the parties involved had agreed to continue talking, but did not comment on sanctions.

Washington and its allies are seeking new sanctions against Iran unless it cooperates in showing it isn't trying to develop nuclear weapons.

SANCTIONS imposed by the United States have long made it a bother to use credit cards in Iran.

Americans who took the leadership in imposing sanctions on India have finally helped India get out of it.

The sanctions should, however, (at least in thebeginning) be a reprimand or a fine.

The statement certainly makes good on an earlier threat to respond to any new UN sanctions with a "super-hardline" response.

Directors could also be disqualified from being involved in the management of a listed company for up to five years, among other sanctions.

Reintroduction of the sanctions lifted six years ago is "one of the things being considered, " he said.

If it fails to do so the United States, Europe and Mexico could eventually be allowed to respond with equivalent trade sanctions.

In light of this spirit, China disagrees of a Security Council resolution on the launch, let alone new sanctions against the DPRK.

The race is now on to pull Iraq out of the scientific backwater it has become through two decades of war, UN sanctions and dictatorship.

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called it a "transparent ploy" by Iran to avoid United Nations Security Council sanctions.

Turkey and Brazil voted against the new UN sanctions, but today Brazil announced that it was reluctantly prepared to enforce them.

It is true that sanctions are a blunt instrument, in which suffering is often borne by the poor.

"These two gentlemen wanted to discuss politics, " he said. "We did not want to discuss the sanctions. "

He said: "This is a program of the U. S. sanctions since the largest amount of an asset freeze. "

And, as I said, they've got a lot of obligations that they must fulfill in order for these sanctions to leave.

The aide added: "It depends on how you see benefits: are they a right or a privilege? Sanctions like this do send a strong message. "

On the eve of a special EU summit on Georgia, he warned that Russia was ready to retaliate against any sanctions the EU might impose.

There was no attempt to expand the sanctions to exports and imports of non-military goods.

Sander Levin, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, said the US may have to consider retaliatory sanctions.

Diplomats say the North miscalculated in its sabre-rattling and found even China was more rigorous in implementing sanctions than before.

The U. S. government lifted sanctions on him Monday, in a move widely seen as an effort to encourage further defections.

While the US has been trying to build support for a tougher package of sanctions, China insists negotiations are the right path.

Russia strongly criticized the EU and the U. S. side to strengthen sanctions against Iran, saying such a move "unacceptable. "

by means of a system of supervision and sanctions, that wages are paid at not less than the rate or rates fixed; and.

US President Barack Obama, meanwhile, has said he hopes to have sanctions in place "within weeks" .

Attempts to send peacekeepers to Sudan, or to impose sanctions on Iran, may be frustrated by Chinese opposition.

Already the Obama administration has shown itself too ready to resort to trade sanctions against China.

The sanctions regime which the Security Council Imposed on Iraq actually has no parallel in the history of the United Nations.

Iran has long counted on cover from China, with which it has growing commercial ties, and from Russia; both dislike sanctions.

The US secretary of state has said the US is considering imposing additional unilateral sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.

It has reimposed visa bans and targeted the bank accounts of officials but, unlike America, has been slow to impose wider sanctions.

It is often overlooked that fines and sanctions are just one aspect of CV.

EU President Van Rompuy said the purpose of international sanctions against Iran is to bring it back to the negotiating table.

Ambassador Rice signaled that Eritrea could face international action, including sanctions, if it does not change its behavior in Somalia.

Iran has an absolute right to nuclear energy but must play by international rules if it wants to avoid further sanctions .

Nobody could argue with a straight face that this week's sanctions were unjustified.

The U. N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test.

Famous examples of sanctions' failures also often do not stand up to scrutiny.

"A voluntary approach is preferable to a statutory one. Otherwise we get into a divisive debate about enforcement and sanctions. "

The Lisbon treaty offers a few other sanctions, notably the suspension of a country's membership rights by a majority vote of other members.

The West fears Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons - and have threatened new sanctions. Iran insists its programme is peaceful.

A once-reluctant Russia appears ready to back a fourth sanctions resolution, but not Brazil or veto-wielding council member China.

And there are plenty of Chinese businesses which would love to see sanctions lifted on a neighbour with a population of 60m.

Four days later, in Morocco, the league said it would impose sanctions if Mr Assad did not relent within three days.

The deposed president of Honduras Manuel Zelaya has said the interim government that ousted him must face legal sanctions.

Biden said the council's move to cancel the sanctions that "recognition of Iraq's nuclear non-proliferation commitments. "

He has said he would harden sanctions but has also held out the possibility of direct talks.

Machimura said the sanctions are meant to demonstrate Japan's resolve to seek a comprehensive resolution of the nuclear and missile issues.

The meeting comes ahead of a likely U. S. -led push in the U. N. Security Council for new sanctions against Iran.

North Korea tested a nuclear weapon two years ago, causing unanimous support for a strict sanctions resolution at the United Nations.

Brazil has said it could seek WTO authorisation for up to $4bn in retaliatory sanctions if the US is again found to be at fault.

In May, Pyongyang tested a nuclear explosive and was slapped with new financial sanctions by the U. N. and many member countries.

Blackstone would prohibit government from censoring speech, but he would still allow sanctions to be imposed after publication.

This model, the core part of the sanctions imposed should be reasonable and effective means of implementation of fines amount.

Blackstone would prohibit government from censoring speech, but he would still allow sanctions to be imposed after publication.

This model, the core part of the sanctions imposed should be reasonable and effective means of implementation of fines amount.

On Thursday, NATO foreign ministers expressed support for a proposed third set of sanctions in the United Nations Security Council.

North Korea must end its nuclear weapons program or face further isolation and international sanctions, she said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki rejected the sanctions and said Iran had no intention of suspending its enrichment program.

If it has not, the country could face economic sanctions.

Seoul is likely to pull out of its few remaining economic projects with the North and seek other international sanctions.

The Europeans say they accept that it may be necessary to ratchet up sanctions against the regime in Tehran.

Merkel added that Germany was ready to tighten sanctions on Iran if necessary.

With most ordinary people still poor, Myanmar's leaders may have decided to liberalise to try to get sanctions lifted.

With most ordinary people still poor, Myanmar's leaders may have decided to liberalise to try to get sanctions lifted.

And, yes, of course they should be ready to apply sanctions.

So far, despite envoys from the U. S. , Israel and the U. K. , China hasn't budged from its refusal to endorse sanctions against Iran.

The United States has said it may become necessary to pursue more sanctions through the United Nations.

Just as international monopoly capitalists are imposing sanctions on China, you COME to visit us with a large delegation.

"Sanctions haven't shut the door on North Korea, but they have made it more difficult for [the arms] trade. "

If US engagement is the precondition for ending sanctions and energising the Burmese economy, many would see that as a price worth paying.

In New York, the United States said it hoped a UN Security Council vote on sanctions could be held by the end of the week.

The diplomats caution that difficult negotiations lie ahead over the scope of any sanctions.

More than a year ago, President Obama signed into law a series of sweeping sanctions cumulatively aimed at throttling Iran's energy sector.

More than a year ago, President Obama signed into law a series of sweeping sanctions cumulatively aimed at throttling Iran's energy sector.

We shall seize every opportunity to develop. We do not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, nor do we fear their sanctions.

During the 1990 "s, however, the system deteriorated due to overall neglect, international sanctions and Iraq" s engagement in two wars.

Even though US sanctions were lifted about a decade ago, the Pakistan Air Force plans to acquire up to 250 JF-17s over the next 10 years.

No one is predicting an economic miracle in Iraq, which is still smarting from decades of sanctions and a creaky, centrally planned economy.

In turn, North Korea has dropped its insistence that international sanctions be lifted as a precondition to any new talks.

South Pars has turned into a symbol of how Iran's oil and gas fields have been damaged by sanctions and unattractive energy deals.

The State Department official said he believes Iran will not change course unless there is a fourth round of sanctions.

And Madrid is not the only city accused of underhand tactics in fending off financial sanctions.

that diplomacy, as well as the sanctions that have isolated Iran and slashed its oil revenue, must be given more time to work.

that diplomacy, as well as the sanctions that have isolated Iran and slashed its oil revenue, must be given more time to work.

Yet the Greek disaster did not result from a lack of sanctions but from not checking the data reported.

But a lot of them are going to break that connection if Thatcher persists in refusing to contemplate sanctions against South Africa.

But as U. S. lawmakers prepared to debate whether China should face sanctions for its forex policy, Beijing also sent the yuan rising.

In that meeting, North Korea and the United States agreed the sanctions issue would be discussed within the six-nation forum.

South Korea also said it was preparing to report Pyongyang to the United Nations Security Council, potentially for a new round of sanctions.

The announcement comes a day after the U. N. Security Council imposed new sanctions on Iran who refusing to stop enriching uranium.

Russia has also continued to stymie U. S. efforts to impose tough international sanctions on Iran and Syria.

South Korea would agree with China, however, that wide-ranging economic sanctions against the North would not be helpful.

Administrative handling and administrative sanctions may be applied in combination in light of the actual situation.

Administrative handling and administrative sanctions may be applied in combination in light of the actual situation.

These days the Beijing regime perceives sanctions to be a precision tool, like a surgical scalpel.

He argues the West must put the sanctions up for negotiation at any upcoming talks if a diplomatic solution is to be found.

Most analysts agree China is unlikely to jeopardise its own interests by imposing meaningful sanctions on Boeing or other US arms suppliers.

goal of her trip has mostly focused on ensuring the United Nations sanctions adopted against North Korea last week will be fully enforced.

They are meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday to discuss imposing harsher sanctions against Iran if it does not cooperate.

During the rectification movement only a few Party members will be subjected to organizational sanctions.

In Tokyo Tuesday, Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said Japan has no choice but to extend its sanctions against North Korea.

Beijing did not say whether it was planning any economic sanctions against French businesses, according to AP.

But the release of the report is expected to buttress efforts by the U. S and European countries to impose new financial sanctions on Iran.

But the release of the report is expected to buttress efforts by the U. S and European countries to impose new financial sanctions on Iran.

While making clear his administration is still willing to talk to Iran, Obama is turning his focus toward sanctions.

He pushed for an end to the war in Vietnam, for stricter safety rules at work and for sanctions against apartheid South Africa.

If the circumstances are not material enough to constitute a crime, administrative sanctions shall be imposed.

However, Ms. Suu Kyi said it was still too early to give up on sanctions for at least two reasons.

Japan, within range of the North's missiles, is pushing hardest for punitive sanctions on top of the existing ones that have failed to bite.

Sanctions include a fine, suspension or rustication from Cambridge.

Since the unrest began, we have imposed strong financial sanctions on Asad and dozens of his cronies.

But the comprehensive settlement means the company won't face any additional World Bank sanctions involving subsidiaries in other countries.

Far from advocating sanctions, Mr Spielberg still wants to see the Olympics.

Far from advocating sanctions, Mr Spielberg still wants to see the Olympics.

Mauritania 's ambassador to the United States also said it is only on the gross military authorities to impose sanctions.

However, he warned that Russia was drawing a "red line" , insisting sanctions would not be "suffocating" or affect ordinary Iranians.

Russia, a permanent member of the U. N. Security Council, has not ruled out supporting new sanctions against Iran.

"Sanctions have not isolated us. Instead, we have become more independent, " he said after the launch.

But India hasbeen slow in trying to gain a toehold, while Americaand the European Union have recently extended sanctions on Myanmar.

Persons violating this Law shall be subject to administrative or legal sanctions in accordance with the law and on the merits of each case.

To avoid this, alternative economic opportunities would have to be offered to the farmers or effective sanctions would need to be applied.

While Japan and the United States sought to have stricter sanctions included in the draft resolution, China maintained its cautious stance.

Libya faced years of United Nations sanctions until it finally surrendered the two suspects in the Lockerbie bombing.

Libya faced years of United Nations sanctions until it finally surrendered the two suspects in the Lockerbie bombing.

In 2005 the US relegated Cambodia to the bottom tier and imposed sanctions in a bid to force the enactment of anti- trafficking laws .

Of the other options, UN sanctions were not working and a conventional military strike would have catastrophic consequences.

In the run-up to the summit, the European Commission has called for tough automatic sanctions which would kick in whenever an E.

And he warned Teheran it faces ever increasing sanctions if it refuses to suspend nuclear enrichment.

It also extends the mandate of the Analysis and Monitoring Team, which helps the Council oversee the implementation of these sanctions.

The strength, breadth and severity of these sanctions will raise the cost to North Korea of its illicit nuclear program.

These commitments would have the force of domestic law, but would not be subject to international sanctions.

The U. N. Security Council met to consider possible sanctions against Gadhafi's regime, including trade sanctions and an arms embargo.

"China has begun providing us with its views on specific measures for a new round of sanctions, " said a US official.

"China has begun providing us with its views on specific measures for a new round of sanctions, " said a US official.

"We are finding a loophole around sanctions, " a hawala trader told me. "The Iranian nation has no other option. "

And he warned Tehran it faces ever increasing sanctions if it refuses to suspend nuclear enrichment.

Despite international sanctions being imposed as a result of its perceived misbehavior, aid continues to flow to North Korea from China.

Speaking in a televised address Wednesday, he also said world powers must be disciplined for the latest sanctions against Tehran.

Meanwhile he would tighten sanctions and build defences against Iranian missiles (present American policy in a nutshell).

"It calls for direct consultation and dialogue between us, instead of easy resort to threat or sanctions, " she said.

registration system, the legal effect of a clear violation of the system will face legal sanctions.

Reported that inter-Korean co-production of the popular cartoon "Little Penguin PORORO" may also be included in the list of trade sanctions.

It came after the U. N. Security Council passed a resolution toughening sanctions on Iran over its refusal to stop enriching uranium.

It came after the U. N. Security Council passed a resolution toughening sanctions on Iran over its refusal to stop enriching uranium.

A rainy day fund of such dimensions helps Colonel Qaddafi withstand economic sanctions and a freeze on Libyan government assets abroad.

Delegates to the General Assembly, we have been more than patient. We ve tried sanctions.

His speech was a reaction to continuing United States sanctions against Iran, people close to him said.

It announced it would begin such a programme after new UN sanctions announced this summer.

The fashion now is for "smart" sanctions, which try to isolate and hurt the regime and its cronies, not the innocent.

On Iran, Mr. Romney said that the president's sanctions had failed to slow its march to a nuclear weapon.

Second, as in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, the weight of sanctions would burden the Iranian regime less than it would the Iranian people.

The United States has warned against the project as it steps up sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

This would have provided a chance to soothe Russian feelings at a time when America is seeking its help to impose sanctions against Iran.

"We'll look for ways to make sure that if there are sanctions, they won't be negatively affected, " said the senior official.

Park says if the ship does return to the North, it will bolster the impression that international sanctions against Pyongyang are effective.

Smart sanctions can be relaxed too, as happened when America began to repair its relations with Vietnam in the 1990s.

Mr Cameron has called for a range of economic actions against the ailing Libyan regime, including sanctions, travel bans and asset seizures.

Baghdad needs billions of dollars of investment to overhaul and expand its energy sector after years of sanctions and war.

Russia, China and Brazil did not back strong sanctions on the Qaddafi regime, and they generally supported a negotiated end to the uprising.

This statement does urge the council to step up the enforcement of its current sanctions against King Zong Il's weapons program.

The former carpenter, who had a strong Christian faith, was moved to stage his protest in response to sanctions against Iraq.

China is opposed to any new sanctions and may maintain that stance whatever Russia decides at the security council.

The ambassador said that de facto sanctions already are beginning to have an effect on Iran.

The United States has removed many sanctions against Libya and also has removed Libya from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

China's trade risks making sanctions "ineffective, " he said.

The June sanctions were a response to a nuclear test North Korea conducted in May, its second such test prohibited by U. N. resolutions.

The United States and other countries have begun the process of releasing frozen Libyan assets through the U. N. Sanctions Committee.

Command together with the sanctions announced by the U. S. strategy to combat transnational organized crime.

The international community condemned the test, and the U. N. Security Council stepped up economic sanctions against the North.

The five permanent members of the U. N. Security Council and Germany are meeting in Berlin to discuss further sanctions against Tehran .

It assessed the danger the organization posed to the Army in a report marked "unauthorized disclosure subject to criminal sanctions. "

It has slapped on trade sanctions, closed its waters to North Korean ships and resumed a long abandoned propaganda blitz across the border.

Sanctions would simply send the world into a downward spiral of protectionism, exchange rate upheavals and interest rate shocks.

Negotiations backed by sanctions are the best hope of a peaceful resolution, and at some point they will have to re-engage with the North.

If sanctions fail, Israel has hinted it is prepared to order air strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.

They were also used as a pretext to enforce the economic sanctions regime directed against Iran, adopted by the UN Security Council.

Non-compliance may involve losses, but as already noted here and elsewhere, regulatory sanctions may be only a small aspect of losses.

Russia has far more to lose from agreeing to sanctions than the US, which has no economic interest in Iran.

It would be best if the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions, but that takes too long.

Administrative sanctions include a warning, record of demerit, record of a major demerit, demotion, removal from office, discharge, etc.

The Obama administration has begun drawing up targeted financial sanctions against President Assad and senior members of his inner circle.

But a UN investigation into the sanctions reported last month that North Korea had built or augmented clandestine smuggling networks.

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

"The Western countries have imposed sanctions on us for taking our land, although we had discussed this in 1979, " he said.

The case involved about $ 27 billion, is by far the United States trade sanctions against the largest case of.

Turkey has now stopped cooperation on energy projects and says it's considering further sanctions which would not hurt ordinary people.

Old EU members, like Germany, France and Italy, are opposed to any sanctions to their major energy supplier and important trading partner.

Schools that do not make "adequate yearly progress" towards meeting state standards face sanctions.

If Mr. Obama imposes new sanctions on Syria, it will mark a break from his initial efforts of seeking rapprochement with Mr. Assad.

Shen says Beijing will not likely support tougher sanctions unless more evidence emerges of a nuclear weapons program.

USC football owns the headlines, but they're likely headed into a quiet period thanks to the NCAA sanctions.

Years of sanctions and cold- shouldering have produced precisely nothing .

The United States, France, Britain, the European Union, and Germany have sought tougher sanctions against Iran to force it to comply.

If Iran continues to ignore united resolutions to ignore our offers to partnership, we have no choice but to intensify tensions sanctions.

Continued political reform could allow for some of those sanctions to be lifted.

Sanctions against Iran must be toughened unless Tehran negotiates seriously over its controversial nuclear programme, France has warned.

If Iran does not comply with its demands, the US will lead a push to impose new United Nations sanctions.

U. S. Ambassador to the U. N. John Bolton has been circulating a draft resolution that would impose tough new sanctions against Pyongyang.

The individuals named will also have their assets frozen and won't be allowed to enter nations that comply with the sanctions.

The Council tightened sanctions, including an arms embargo and a provision that encourages high-seas searches of North Korean ships.

A new resolution about sanctions on Iran will soon be up for discussion at the United Nations Security Council.

Sanctions, embargoes and the diplomatic isolation of Mr Gaddafi are the inescapable minimum of what is now required.

Since the end of the Cold War, U. S. has increasingly frequently used economic sanctions to . . .

Israel reacted angrily to a threat by the United States to impose sanctions on the Jewish state.

The U. N. resolution sought to bolster existing sanctions aimed at the economic, high-technology and military sectors.

Those Who Don't Want To Follow, We Have To Sanctions. We Have To Consider, If Necessary The Company Policies.

But Iran's position has been that the sanctions relief on offer, which does not include oil sanctions, is an insufficient concession.

Sanctions, and worries over reputational risk about operating in a pariah country, have been major investment deterrents.

This further round of sanctions is unlikely to stop Iran if it is set on making a bomb.

But with international sanctions taking a bite out of the economy, it seems Dear Leader has been decidedly less generous this year.

Rebel officials said a priority at the conference would be to convince the international community to lift sanctions on eastern Libya.

Official Chinese statements routinely say that sanctions are not the solution to the North Korean problem.

Discipline, as it is generally understood, is conformity to a pattern of silly political, social or religious sanctions.