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Putin Says It's Impossible For Some EU Countries To Ditch Russian Oil Now
Speaking at a televised meeting with domestic oil managers and government officials, Putin also said that Western sanctions and a possible embargo on Russian oil had resulted in an increase in global oil prices.
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European Union Scrambles To Reach Deal To Embargo Russian Oil Exports
EU countries scrambled on Friday to reach a deal that would embargo seaborne deliveries of Russian oil but still allow deliveries by pipeline, a compromise to win over Hungary and unblock new sanctions against Moscow, officials said.
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UN General Assembly To Consider Call For Myanmar Arms Embargo
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday is set to consider a draft non-binding resolution calling for "an immediate suspension" of the transfer of weapons to the military junta of Myanmar, a UN official said Sunday.
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Barack Obama Weighs Historic Decision On Whether To Lift Vietnam Arms Ban
President Barack Obama is considering whether to lift the three-decade-old US arms embargo on Vietnam, US officials say, as he weighs calls to forge closer military ties with Hanoi against concerns over its poor human rights record.
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Barack Obama Administration Loosens Cuba Embargo With New Measures
The Obama administration is loosening the US trade embargo on Cuba with a new round of regulations allowing American companies to sell to Cuba on credit and export a potentially wide range of products to the Cuban government for the first time, officials said yesterday.
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To Brie or Not To Brie: Russians Turn Cheesemakers As Embargo Bites
After an official embargo cut her off from her favourite French camembert and Italian parmesan, Muscovite Tatyana Korshunova took matters into her own hands -- she decided to learn how to make cheese herself.
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To Brie or Not to Brie: Russians Turn Cheesemakers as Government Bans Imports
After an official embargo cut her off from her favourite French camembert and Italian parmesan, Muscovite Tatyana Korshunova took matters into her own hands -- she decided to learn how to make cheese herself.
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Pope to Discuss Cuba Embargo on Trip But Not Dwell on Issue
Pope Francis is expected to raise the Vatican's opposition to the United States' embargo against Cuba during his forthcoming trip but he will not dwell on the issue so as not to be seen as interfering in U.S. politics, Vatican officials say.
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Russia Wants to be 'In Step' With Cuba on US Embargo
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Cuba on Tuesday, saying he was meeting officials there to develop a joint position on the US embargo on the communist island.
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John Kerry Backs Arms Embargo on South Sudan
US Secretary of State John Kerry is pressing for a United Nations vote creating an arms embargo on South Sudan in an effort to end the civil war there, a US official has said.
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Former US Officials Urge Easing Embargo on Cuba
A group of former high-ranking U.S. officials, business executives and academics called on Monday for President Barack Obama to loosen the five-decade embargo on Cuba in order to stimulate the flow of capital and expertise to the island's nascent class of independent entrepreneurs.
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EU suspends Myanmar sanctions after reforms
The European Union on Monday suspended its sanctions against Myanmar for a year following a wave of widely praised political reforms in the country, but will retain an embargo on arms sales, officials said. The EU wants to support the progress made in the south east Asian nation "so it becomes irreversible," said foreign policy chief Catherine Asht...
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Putin Says It's Impossible For Some EU Countries To Ditch Russian Oil Now
Speaking at a televised meeting with domestic oil managers and government officials, Putin also said that Western sanctions and a possible embargo on Russian oil had resulted in an increase in global oil prices.
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European Union Scrambles To Reach Deal To Embargo Russian Oil Exports
EU countries scrambled on Friday to reach a deal that would embargo seaborne deliveries of Russian oil but still allow deliveries by pipeline, a compromise to win over Hungary and unblock new sanctions against Moscow, officials said.
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UN General Assembly To Consider Call For Myanmar Arms Embargo
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday is set to consider a draft non-binding resolution calling for "an immediate suspension" of the transfer of weapons to the military junta of Myanmar, a UN official said Sunday.
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Barack Obama Weighs Historic Decision On Whether To Lift Vietnam Arms Ban
President Barack Obama is considering whether to lift the three-decade-old US arms embargo on Vietnam, US officials say, as he weighs calls to forge closer military ties with Hanoi against concerns over its poor human rights record.
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Barack Obama Administration Loosens Cuba Embargo With New Measures
The Obama administration is loosening the US trade embargo on Cuba with a new round of regulations allowing American companies to sell to Cuba on credit and export a potentially wide range of products to the Cuban government for the first time, officials said yesterday.
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To Brie or Not To Brie: Russians Turn Cheesemakers As Embargo Bites
After an official embargo cut her off from her favourite French camembert and Italian parmesan, Muscovite Tatyana Korshunova took matters into her own hands -- she decided to learn how to make cheese herself.
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To Brie or Not to Brie: Russians Turn Cheesemakers as Government Bans Imports
After an official embargo cut her off from her favourite French camembert and Italian parmesan, Muscovite Tatyana Korshunova took matters into her own hands -- she decided to learn how to make cheese herself.
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Pope to Discuss Cuba Embargo on Trip But Not Dwell on Issue
Pope Francis is expected to raise the Vatican's opposition to the United States' embargo against Cuba during his forthcoming trip but he will not dwell on the issue so as not to be seen as interfering in U.S. politics, Vatican officials say.
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Russia Wants to be 'In Step' With Cuba on US Embargo
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Cuba on Tuesday, saying he was meeting officials there to develop a joint position on the US embargo on the communist island.
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John Kerry Backs Arms Embargo on South Sudan
US Secretary of State John Kerry is pressing for a United Nations vote creating an arms embargo on South Sudan in an effort to end the civil war there, a US official has said.
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Former US Officials Urge Easing Embargo on Cuba
A group of former high-ranking U.S. officials, business executives and academics called on Monday for President Barack Obama to loosen the five-decade embargo on Cuba in order to stimulate the flow of capital and expertise to the island's nascent class of independent entrepreneurs.
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EU suspends Myanmar sanctions after reforms
The European Union on Monday suspended its sanctions against Myanmar for a year following a wave of widely praised political reforms in the country, but will retain an embargo on arms sales, officials said. The EU wants to support the progress made in the south east Asian nation "so it becomes irreversible," said foreign policy chief Catherine Asht...
