Bush Sets New Sanctions Against Burmese Military Junta
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President Bush yesterday ratcheted up pressure on the military junta in Burma in response to its violent crackdown on democracy protests, imposing a new round of sanctions and calling on China, India and other regional powers to help force the ruling generals to "stop their vicious persecution."
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President George W. Bush will announce further sanctions against Myanmar's military rulers on Friday and will call on India and China to do more to pressure the country to end its repression of pro-democracy protesters, the White House said.
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President George W. Bush Tuesday tightened US sanctions on Sudan over &quot;genocide&quot; in Darfur and pushed for a tough new UN Security Council resolution to punish Khartoum for the bloody crisis.
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President George W. Bush announced new U.S. sanctions against Myanmar on Tuesday and Western leaders warned the southeast Asian nation's army rulers against crushing pro-democracy protests by force.
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Burma's military government stepped up its propaganda campaign against the United States on Sunday, accusing Washington of inciting last month's pro-democracy demonstrations in hopes of installing a puppet government
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First lady Laura Bush on Tuesday called for Myanmar's military rulers to release imprisoned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and urged the U.N. Security Council to issue a swift resolution condemning the junta.
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President Bush on Thursday punished two perennial adversaries Â Myanmar and Cuba Â for alleged "human trafficking," the forced labor and prostitution that the United States calls a modern-day form of slavery.
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The United States moved yesterday to formally add Burma to the agenda of the U.N. Security Council, potentially exposing the Southeast Asian nation, which is ruled by a military junta, to international condemnation for human rights violations and other abuses.
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The US imposes sanctions against the  militant group  in Iraq by terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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Myanmar's military government marched ahead Saturday with its much-criticized plans for a new constitution amid U.S. pressure on the United Nations to condemn the junta's iron-fisted treatment of protesters.
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President Bush told the U.N. General Assembly today  that the U.S. will tighten existing economic sanctions on Myanmar, citing a series of "the most egregious violations of human rights."
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President George W. Bush on Thursday  criticized Myanmar&#39;s military junta for arresting dissidents  who participated in recent protests and called for their  immediate release.
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President Bush on Saturday signed legislation that would impose mandatory sanctions on entities that provide goods or services for Iran's weapons programs.
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The United States is pressing for international action over Myanmar&#39;s military junta crackdown on peaceful protests but is expected to again face opposition from China and Russia.
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The White House demanded that Myanmar military authorities "immediately and unconditionally" release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and condemned her extended house arrest.
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President Bush ordered a new round of financial sanctions against Syria yesterday after concluding that its government is not doing enough to stem the flow of fighters into Iraq.
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Laura Bush has made defending human rights in Burma a personal mission.