U.N. imposes limited sanctions on N. Korea
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose limited sanctions on North Korea for its recent missile tests, and demanded that the reclusive communist nation suspend its ballistic missile program. North Korea immediately rejected the resolution and vowed to launch more missiles.
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The U.N. Security Council approved a weak statement Thursday expressing shock and distress at Israel's bombing of a U.N. post in Lebanon that killed four unarmed military observers, but avoiding any condemnation.
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Japan and Australia have slapped financial sanctions on North Korea in the first fresh measures against the communist state since the UN Security Council demanded action over its July missile tests.
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Sanctions aimed at pressuring Sudan to take action in Darfur are likely to have limited effects on the countryâs oil production and exports.
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The United States wants world powers to agree to a moderate tightening of U.N. sanctions against Iran because of its continued work on its nuclear program, the State Department said Monday.
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North Korea has invited a delegation of the United Nations nuclear watchdog to visit the country in what could be a first step towards implementing an international agreement intended to curb its nuclear program.
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A unanimous U.N. Security Council vote to condemn North Korea&#039;s missile launches has set an important precedent and strengthened the powerful U.N. body as it turns to its next challenge: confronting Iran&#039;s suspect nuclear program, diplomats said.
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PARIS, Feb. 12 -- European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday that their 27 member countries will impose limited sanctions on Iran in an effort to pressure the Tehran government to halt its uranium enrichment program.
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A Japanese-backed draft resolution to sanction North Korea for its series of missile launches has &quot;broad and deep support,&quot; despite some differences in the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Thursday.
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The United Nations imposed sanctions Thursday on two Saudi activists accused of ties to al-Qaida and the leader of a Muslim extremist group in the Philippines. It also dropped the punitive measures against a Jordanian who claims he was Osama bin Laden's bodyguard.
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Japan has called on a divided UN Security Council to impose tough sanctions on North Korea if it tests an atom bomb as Russia said it was trying to convince Pyongyang not to carry out its threat.
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North Korea's two-year-old nuclear crisis has taxed the world's patience, the chief United Nations nuclear regulator said on Wednesday, urging communist Pyongyang to return to its disarmament treaty obligations.
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Two months after North Korea detonated a nuclear weapon, the United States announced a series of sanctions believed to have no practical effect on the communist regime because of existing punishments.
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North Korea has accused the United States of attempting to scupper a recent deal to lift financial sanctions on the communist state within a month, a report said.
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North Korea is committed to a disarmament agreement reached in February but wants sanctions against it lifted first, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday on return from the reclusive communist state.
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U.N. inspectors today began monitoring North Koreaâs promise to scale back its nuclear weapons program.
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The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions Wednesday on three Kuwaitis who allegedly help finance al-Qaida operations and recruit fighters for the terrorist network, diplomats said.