U.S. Eases Publishing Ban on Iran, Cuba, Sudan
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The United States eased a  controversial ban on publications from Iran, Sudan and Cuba on  Wednesday in a bid to allow dissidents to be heard while  maintaining an embargo on official documents.
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Iran has halted sensitive nuclear activity, including uranium enrichment, as part of a deal to escape possible trade sanctions by the United Nations.
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Britain on Tuesday banned military and naval personnel from selling tales of their exploits to the media, following an outcry when sailors seized by Iran published stories in exchange for cash.
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The United States, Israel and European states are prepared to ease a ban on aid to the Palestinian government that President Mahmoud Abbas is forming in the West Bank after sacking Hamas, officials said on Friday.
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Japan adopted new defense guidelines Friday, including the relaxation of an arms-export ban that will facilitate missile security with Washington, another sign of Tokyo&#39;s
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WASHINGTON  - President George W. Bush on Monday removed a ban on commercial air service to Libya and released &#36;1.3 billion in frozen Libyan assets in recognition of "significant" steps to eliminate its deadliest weapons programs.
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China on Sunday announced detailed controls on the distribution of news by foreign news agencies, banning all content that violates its own tight media restrictions.
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The IAEA decision to accept Iran&#39;s suspension of uranium enrichment and not take the matter to the United Nations Security Council wins both hostile and welcome reactions in Iranian newspapers.
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Iran on Monday froze sensitive nuclear  work including uranium enrichment in a move likely to thwart  U.S. efforts to report the Islamic state to the UN Security  Council for possible sanctions.
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The United States yesterday softened its threat of sanctions against Sudan&#39;s oil industry in a new UN draft resolution demanding a halt to the violence in Darfur.
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Authorities have eased the virtual house arrest imposed on A.Q. Khan, the scientist who sold Pakistan's nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya, officials said Monday.
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Tehran: Iran agreed on Sunday to suspend &#39;nearly all&#39; of its uranium enrichment-related activities as part of a deal with Britain, France and Germany in a step that eases the threat of possible UN sanctions over its controversial nuclear programme.
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BEIJING, Dec. 1 -- China has decided to substantially liberalize restrictions on coverage by foreign journalists ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the government announced Friday.
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Iran's Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi says that censorship by the authorities in her country is getting stricter.
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Iran has accepted a full suspension of uranium enrichment and linked activities, diplomats said Sunday. The diplomats said the Iranians apparently dropped demands to modify a tentative deal worked out last
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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 issue of self-censorship has come into sharp relief because of declining circulation and a concentration of media ownership among the new presidentâs allies.