US slaps sanctions on five Chinese, North Korean 'proliferators'
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The United States has imposed sanctions on four Chinese entities, including a state-run firm, and one North Korean company for selling weapons or cruise and ballistic missile technology and equipment to Iran, the State Department said.
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North Korea wants the United States to  free its overseas bank accounts and for countries to drop  sanctions imposed after Pyongyang tested a nuclear weapon,  South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Wednesday quoted its envoy  as saying.
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North Korea said on Monday the United States has agreed to remove it from its list of countries that support terrorism, a move long-sought by Pyongyang to better its status with the outside world.
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The US government on Friday tamped down an unprecedented public insurrection on North Korea policy, repudiating a US envoy's criticisms of China and South Korea and reaffirming its six-country diplomatic strategy.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the import of five species of fish and shrimp from China because they have been found to contain unsafe additives and drugs, some of which can cause cancer, the agency said today.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Thursday announced new economic sanctions against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Quds Force.
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The Bush administration has quietly applied new sanctions against eight Chinese companies for helping Iran with its missile programs, the White House spokesman said Tuesday.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 21 -- With North Korea refusing to return to the six-nation disarmament talks, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday convened a meeting of a new group of nations that will focus on Northeast Asian security concerns. Diplomats have dubbed the group "Five Plus Five" to...
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The World Trade Organization granted authorization Friday to the European Union, Japan, Canada, Korea, Mexico, India, and Chile, to slap retaliatory sanctions if the US fails to repeal the Byrd amendment.
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The US steps up its sanctions on Iran for "supporting terrorists" and pursuing nuclear activities.
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The United States, facing opposition to  proposed U.N. sanctions against North Korea for this week&#039;s  missile tests, said on Saturday it backed China&#039;s proposal for  informal talks to re-engage the reclusive state.
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WASHINGTON -- US officials and their European allies are gearing up to impose targeted sanctions on Iran, which has defied a UN Security Council order to halt the enrichment of uranium by today.
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Asia dominated a US blacklist of alleged top religious freedom violators including China, North Korea, Myanmar and Vietnam, classified as &quot;countries of particular concern&quot; in the State Department's annual report on international religious freedom.
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STATE DEPARTMENT The State Department is including Saudi Arabia for the first time on its list of countries that could be subject to sanctions for violations of religious freedom.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose limited sanctions on North Korea for its recent missile tests, and demanded that the reclusive communist nation suspend its ballistic missile program. North Korea immediately rejected the resolution and vowed to launch more missiles.
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The World Trade Organization has authorized seven countries to levy multi-million dollar sanctions on US imports. A spokesman in Geneva Friday said the European Union, India, Japan, South Korea
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The Bush administration has imposed economic penalties on several Chinese companies because it says they helped Iran in its effort to improve its weapons programs, administration documents show.