US calls on EU and others to slap full import ban on Myanmar
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The United States called on the European Union (EU) and other democracies to consider imposing a full import ban on Myanmar to pressure the country's military junta to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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The European Union urged Indonesia and other Asian partners to pressure Myanmar to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and introduce democratic reforms.
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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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The US is disappointed that Myanmar extended the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, their opposition leader and Nobel Prize winner.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday demanded the immediate release of Myanmar activists and called on the ruling junta to stop "assaulting pro-democracy activists.
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The EU is set to impose new sanctions against Burma, overshadowing a summit of Asian and European leaders.
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The EU said yesterday it would end sanctions on US imports in about two months, following the repeal by the US of an illegal export subsidy, and warned the US not to extend
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The European Union will lift sanctions on US imports after President George W. Bush signed a law replacing an illegal export tax subsidy with a $145 billion package of new corporate tax cuts and a buyout for tobacco farmers.
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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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The European Union said it would slap tougher sanctions on Myanmar after the military-run state failed to heed EU demands including the release of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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The United States has moved to put the issue of political repression and human rights abuses in Myanmar formally on the agenda of the Security Council this month, its ambassador to the UN said.
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The US textile industry officials would plead for blocking Chinese imports to the Bush administration this month. Earlier this year, the White House had rejected a similar request made by 130 Republican and Democratic members of Congress.
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The United States called for the World Trade Organisation to set up a complaints panel to investigate European Union customs rules which Washington says penalizes US exports.
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The United States on Monday urged the Ukrainian government to fully investigate the &quot;terrible&quot;poisoning of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko with the highly toxic substance dioxin.
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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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President George W. Bush is set to announce new U.S. sanctions against Myanmar over human rights as the annual U.N. General Assembly gathering of world leaders gets under way on Tuesday.
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Leaders from Asia and Europe pledged on  Saturday to tackle everything from climate change to terrorism  but dodged calling for the release of Myanmar democracy icon  Aung San Suu Kyi at the end of their two-day summit.