Bush imposes new sanctions on Myanmar
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For the second time in two months, President Bush announced sanctions against Myanmar to punish the military-run government and its backers for the recent violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
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The United States on Friday   asked the U.N. Security Council to deal with Myanmar, whose   junta government has jailed opponents, persecuted minorities   and sent refugees fleeing into neighboring states.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday denounced Myanmar&#39;s ruling military junta as &quot;brutal&quot; and said Washington was closely monitoring rising protests for democracy in the Southeast Asian state.
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President Bush's statement Tuesday announcing sanctions to pressure Sudan to stop the violence in Darfur, as transcribed by the White House:
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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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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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The European Union is to tighten sanctions against Myanmar after seeing no &quot;positive development&quot; on a list of demands on human rights and democracy, the EU Dutch presidency said.
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The US President George W. Bush has signed a bill that allows him to impose sanctions on Sudan to protest the violence in the western region of Darfur.
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The Bush administration and lawmakers from both parties are pushing for the U.N. Security Council to condemn Myanmar's recent crackdown on activists.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Thursday announced new economic sanctions against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Quds Force.
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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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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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Myanmar's junta leader on Tuesday accused western countries of using sanctions to derail the military's "road map" to democracy, as the regime prepares for a constitutional referendum.
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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 said yesterday that the administration will press the United Nations to adopt new, expanded sanctions against Iran, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran would "never retreat even one step" from its nuclear enrichment program.
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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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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.