US imposes sanctions on Thailand
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The US cancels military assistance to Thailand in response to last week's military coup.
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The US Senate approved on Wednesday sanctions against Myanmar's multi-million dollar gemstone industry to punish the military regime over its deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
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The United States imposed sanctions against Bosnian Serb political leaders Thursday for failing to arrest and turn over war crimes suspects to an international tribunal.
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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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The WTO allows the EU, Japan and others to impose sanctions against US firms accused of dumping goods.
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President George W. Bush announced new U.S. sanctions against Myanmar on Tuesday as world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly focused on rising protests against military rule in the southeast Asian state.
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President Bush has removed Thailand from the U.S. government list of countries where significant illicit drug trafficking takes place.
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President George W. Bush expanded U.S. sanctions against Myanmar's rulers on Friday, accusing them of "vicious persecution" of democracy protesters, and urged China and India to step up pressure on their neighbor.
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GENEVA - The World Trade Organization approved strong sanctions Friday against the United States for legislation that allows US companies to receive some duties collected from foreign competitors.
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The United States warned Iran on Tuesday the international community would have no choice but to impose sanctions if it did not halt sensitive atomic work.
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The United States is seeking a full investigation into the death of 78 Thai Muslims in military custody after violent protests in the south of the country.
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The government has taken US dollars out of circulation following the recent tightening of US sanctions against Cuba.
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PATTANI, Thailand  - The United States asked close  ally Thailand to investigate fully the deaths of 78 Muslim  protesters in military custody after Thai Prime Minister  Thaksin Shinawatra defiantly defended the actions of his  troops.
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President George W. Bush announced further U.S. sanctions against Myanmar's military rulers on Friday, saying they had continued to defy international demands to "stop their vicious persecution."
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Raising pressure on Tehran, the United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on a general from the country's elite Qods force and three Iraqis living in exile in Syria and Iran for fomenting violence in Iraq.
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The United States on Thursday dubbed Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a proliferater of weapons of mass destruction and also slapped sanctions on its Qods force, ratcheting up pressure on Tehran to abandon its nuclear program.
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The United States on Monday urged Thailand's new stop-gap prime minister, retired Gen. Surayud Chulanont, to work for an early return to democratic rule after last month's bloodless military coup.