Libya Withdraws $1 Billion Assets Frozen in U.S.
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The Libyan Central Bank has withdrawn  $1 billion of assets which had been frozen for almost two  decades in the United States on Washington's orders, a Libyan  central bank official said Wednesday.
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Switzerland on Wednesday returned to Taiwan 34 million dollars out of a total 520 million dollars (391 million euros) frozen in Swiss banks following a giant corruption scandal involving the sale of French frigates to Taipei.
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President Bush on Monday formally ended the U.S. trade embargo on Libya to reward it for giving up weapons of mass destruction but left in place some U.S. terrorism-related sanctions.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush has decided to lift sanctions against Libya, which he expects to trigger the release of more than $1 billion to families of PanAm Flight 103 victims, a senior administration official said yesterday.
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The Japanese government has decided to freeze the assets of 10 groups and 12 individuals related to Iran's nuclear and missile programmes, under a UN sanction resolution approved in December.
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The Bank of England (BoE) said Friday that it has frozen the assets of a suspect accused of plotting to kidnap and kill a British soldier, and those of four others accused of terrorism offences.
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Bank accounts belonging to Thailand ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra have been frozen, the government says.
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GENEVA, Sept. 8 -- The United States was ordered to withdraw some of its support for producers of cotton and other commodities, according to a World Trade Organization report made public Wednesday.
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A judge investigating Gen. Augusto Pinochet's secret multi-million dollar bank accounts in the United States has ordered the assets of the former dictator frozen, a local newspaper reported Wednesday.
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The United States on Tuesday froze  the assets of two Saudi nationals for allegedly providing  support to al Qaeda, and has asked the United Nations to take  similar action.
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President Bush on Monday formally  ended the U.S. trade embargo on Libya to reward it for giving  up weapons of mass destruction but left in place some U.S.  terrorism-related sanctions.
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The government of Libya, flush with oil, has amassed $40 billion and is ready to put it in play on Wall Street. China recently acquired a huge stake in one of the biggest names in U.S. finance. Tiny Qatar is adding $1 billion a week to its investment coffers and is trying to buy the leading grocer...
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The United States has been ordered to withdraw some of its support for producers of cotton and other commodities, according to a World Trade Organization report made public Wednesday.
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The United States froze the assets  of two Saudi nationals on Tuesday for allegedly providing  support to al Qaeda, and asked the United Nations to take  similar action.
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CORAL GABLES, Florida  - The U.S. economic embargo against Cuba has deprived its communist government of funds it might otherwise have used for military adventures, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said on Thursday.
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The United States has been ordered to withdraw some of its support programs for producers of cotton and other commodities, according to a World Trade Organization report made public Wednesday.
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President Bush on Monday signed an executive order lifting the remaining US commercial sanctions against Libya after determining the African nation has met all of the US requirements for eliminating its programs on weapons of mass