Haiti: U.S.lifts 13-Year Arms Embargo
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The United States lifted a 13-year arms embargo on Haiti, Haitian officials said, while U.N. peacekeepers and an ill-equipped police force faced sporadic violence on Tuesday in strongholds belonging to ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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For the 13th straight year, the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly urged the United States to end its more than four decade trade embargo against Cuba, rejecting Washington's argument that Fidel Castro is "a tyrant" who denies basic human rights to Cubans.
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During a one-day stop here in a country where the United States once shipped millions of dollars worth of weaponry, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came with a message of disarmament.
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afrol News, 11 October - Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) today agreed to lift the last sanction on Libya, including the arms embargo, to be able to reach a deal on halting illegal immigrants to Europe in Libya.
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The State Department on Thursday authorized the departure of non-essential personnel and family members from Haiti because of the volatile security situation there.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday called on the world community to help Haiti to ``forcefully take on armed individuals&#39;&#39; who want to thwart democratic rule in their impoverished nation.
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The European Union is not yet ready to lift an arms embargo on China, Bernard Bot, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands which holds the bloc's rotating presidency, said Wednesday.  "We are working assiduously but...the time is not right to lift the embargo," Bot told reporters on arrival at a summit between the bloc and Chinese leaders.
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The European Union ended 11 years of sanctions against Libya today and eased its arms embargo as a reward for Tripoli giving up plans to develop weapons of mass destruction.
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Friends and adversaries of the  United States voted overwhelmingly in the U.N. General Assembly  on Thursday against the four-decade-old American economic,  financial and commercial embargo against Cuba.
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The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to urge the United States to lift its four-decade old embargo against Cuba in a resolution adopted for the 16th consecutive year.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - A radio ad urging   Haitians to reveal illegal weapons caches to the U.S. Embassy   has angered politicians and fueled debate on whether the   troubled Caribbean nation has become a tacit U.S. protectorate.
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The United States said Monday it was lifting a 15-month embargo on direct aid to the Palestinian territories, as the EU said it was normalizing ties with the new Palestinian government.
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President Bush Monday scrapped the U.S. trade embargo on Libya in a reward for giving up weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Treasury Department said on its Web site.
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The European Union has agreed in principle to lift an 18 year arms embargo on Tripoli. The European bloc has bowed to pressure from Italy which wants to help the former pariah state fight illegal immigration.
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Japan eased a blanket ban on arms exports on Friday to open the way for joint production of a new missile shield with the United States, but said it would still refrain from most other weapons exports.
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Japan has decided to ease a blanket ban on arms exports to open the way for joint production of a new missile shield with the United States but says it will continue to refrain from most other weapons exports.
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THE HAGUE  - The European Union remains split over lifting the 15-year-old arms embargo on China, but &quot;the tide is turning&quot; and the bloc appears set to end the ban sooner or later, diplomats said.