Easing Burma Sanctions Draws Interest of US Business The United States suspended the restrictions on imports from Burma just ahead of President Obama's trip. America is lifting our ban on companies doing business here, and your government has lifted

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(168) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 30 April 2006 Iran has warned that it will take

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 25 July 2007 The U.S. Senate voted 93 to one to extend import sanctions on Burma for another year, citing that country's suppression of human rights and political dissent. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill. Aun

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 20 January 2008 Gaza Strip's only power plant has shut down due to an Israeli border closure that is blocking fuel deliveries. The generating station's shutdown late Sunday plunged large parts of the Gaza territory and many

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U.S. lawmakers have been commenting on the situation in Burma as the U.S. Congress advanced legislation to strengthen and renew unilateral U.S. economic sanctions against the Burmese military government. More from VOA's Dan Robinson on Capitol Hill.

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Europe Debates Iran Oil Sanctions Amid Debt Crisis With sanctions tightening, Irans leader toured South America, including a stop in Cuba Wednesday. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is looking for new friends and new markets. The U.S. has already impose

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Tensions Rise as Iran is Hurt by Western Sanctions Iranian war games in the Persian Gulf amid threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The United States and Europe tighten sanctions to choke off Iranian oil revenues. Iran begins enriching ura

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Iran Willing to Resume Nuclear Talks as Sanctions Bite Hard U.S. President Barack Obama last week signed off on a new round of sanctions targeting Irans energy and shipping sectors. They build on a range of unilateral and multilateral sanctions again

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Iran Hero Pilot Shahbazi 'Forced To Retire' Over Sanctions Campaign Cellphone footage posted on the Internet shows Iran Air Flight 742 from Moscow approaching Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport on October 18th last year. The front landing g

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West Prepares to Ease Iran Sanctions LONDON A temporary deal agreed to in November between world powers and Iran regarding its nuclear program comes into force Monday. Its seen as a stepping-stone to a broader agreement on the future of the program,

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US Considers Sanctions Against Pakistan for Iran Pipeline After nearly 20 years, there is considerable progress on the Iran-to-Pakistan peace pipeline, with Iranian contractors starting work on Pakistani sections of the project, having finished nearl

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New G-7 Sanctions Against Russia Expected WASHINGTON The United States and its G-7 partners are imposing new sanctions against Russia. Existing sanctions have not altered Moscows posture towards Ukraine, with Russian forces still massed along its bor

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US, EU Impose More Sanctions On Russia For Actions in Ukraine WASHINGTON The United States and European Union have imposed more sanctions against Russia, saying Moscow has failed to fulfill its commitment to work on defusing tensions in eastern Ukrai

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US, Britain: Tough Sanctions Against Russia if Ukraine Vote Is Disrupted LONDON U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague say the United States and European Union will hit Russia with far tougher economic sanction

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By David Gollust State Department 25 October 2007 The United States has imposed wide-ranging new sanctions against Iran in a further effort to pressure Tehran to halt nuclear activities seen as weapons-related. Targets of the new sanctions include th

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NOEL KING, HOST: North Korea is subject to some of the strictest sanctions on the planet. The Trump administration is depending on that pressure to force North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, but new research shows the North is getting around s

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday in Brazil she doubts Iran will negotiate seriously about its nuclear program unless the U.N. Security Council approves new sanctions against it. Clinton held talks in Brasilia with Brazil's Presi

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 10 March 2008 Economic sanctions are imposed primarily as a non-violent way to press a specific government to change. But sanctions are often controversial and their effectiveness is not assured. VOA's Scott Bobb in Johanne

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By Margaret Besheer New York 10 March 2008 For decades, sanctions have been used as a diplomatic tool to pressure governments to change their bad behavior. VOA's Margaret Besheer takes a look at how sanctions are imposed and enforced. When a country

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By Robert Raffaele Washington 13 October 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it is not yet time for additional sanctions against Iran, and said the United States and Russia are working together on the issue. Clinton spoke to reporters

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