Economic Sanctions: a Valuable Weapon?
The Conflict
Economic sanctions are a tool in international relations used in order to attempt to force one country to comply with another's wishes. The United S...
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Arab governments hope to increase aid to the Palestinians, including channeling more money to the newly formed Palestinian unity government, according to a document prepared for this week's summit ...
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned strongly against new international sanctions on Iran, saying they would lead to a dead end.Putin, in Portugal for a summit with leaders of the E...
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for patience Monday to give rival Fatah and Hamas factions in the new Palestinian unity government time to coordinate their positions and hopefully recognize Is...
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Copenhagen (dpa) - Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
said Tuesday he would support tougher international sanctions against
Iran over its controversial nuclear prog...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' government inadvertently paid one month's salary to 3,500 members of the Hamas militia he outlawed, Finance Ministry officials said Wednesday.The ministry order...
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Washington (dpa) - The White House on Friday would not rule out
the possibility of using military force on Iran but said it was
committed to the diplomatic process aimed at ...
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JERUSALEM, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi
Livni flew to China on Sunday to lobby for tougher international
sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme, officials said. China agr...
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Iran is far from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and despite U.S. fears about its atomic intentions, an American military strike against the Islamic Republic is unlikely, former Secretary of State Coli...
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Bobby Fischer had hoped to play current world chess champion Viswanathan Anand or former great Garry Kasparov in a tournament before his death, an Icelandic newspaper reported Saturday.The daily Mo...
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Economic Sanctions: a Valuable Weapon?
Arab gov'ts hope to up Palestinian aid
