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Maricopa County prosecutors on Wednesday filed Arizona's first civil complaint against a business under a 22-month-old state law that prohibits employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
Frustrated by Iran's continued defiance of demands to come clean on its nuclear program, the Obama administration is leaning toward imposing new sanctions, even if it must act alone.
The Treasury Department has frozen the assets of a North Korean bank and one of its executives for being involved in the sale of ballistic missiles and other weapons technology.
China's recent offer of aid to North Korea could undermine U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and help feed a cycle of failed negotiations aimed at ending the isolated country's nuclear program, a former U.S. negotiator said Thursday.
The House on Wednesday sent a message to Iran that pursuit of nuclear capability will not go unpunished, approving legislation that allows state and local governments to curtail investments in international corporations doing business in Iran's energy sector.
Administration officials told impatient lawmakers Tuesday that they are ready to take swift and substantial action against Iran if it disregards current diplomatic efforts to stop its alleged nuclear weapons program.
Congress is poised to act swiftly on new penalties against Iran if international talks on Tehran's nuclear program show signs of faltering. And this time lawmakers are talking about trying to block gas and refined petroleum exports to Iran, possibly causing serious disruptions in the lives of ordinary Iranians.
The U.N. Security Council has imposed three rounds of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The key points in each:
The Obama administration, while skeptical of an early breakthrough in nuclear talks with Iran, indicated Tuesday it does not intend to swiftly press for stiffer economic sanctions.
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she is willing to work with Myanmar's military government on getting Western sanctions against the country lifted, but needs to be allowed to gather more information about the issue first, her lawyer said Friday.
A senior U.S. diplomat is leaving for Asia to talk with officials about ways to implement tough United Nations sanctions meant to derail North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
The U.S. diplomat pressing for implementation of U.N. sanctions intended to derail North Korea's rogue nuclear weapons program said Thursday that he was off to "an unprecedented start" in getting governments to enforce the punishing new measures.
President Barack Obama says he is committed to working with Iraq to get the U.N. to lift international sanctions that the world body imposed on the country after the 1991 Gulf War.
The House has voted to renew sanctions meant to penalize the junta that runs the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, also called Burma.
A panel of the U.N. Security Council approved sanctions Thursday against North Korea that include travel bans and asset freezes against five individuals, four companies and one state agency. It also banned sales of two materials used in ballistic missiles.
The U.N. imposed new sanctions Thursday against five North Korean officials, four companies and a state agency, and banned imports of two weapons-making materials, in a rare unified push by the world's powers to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
The Obama administration on Thursday authorized the seizure of assets belonging to an extremist organization in Iraq and an Iranian backer of insurgents, saying both are responsible for deadly attacks in Iraq.
The United States on Tuesday imposed financial sanctions on a company in Iran that is accused of involvement in North Korea's missile proliferation network.
Sanctions can hobble countries that have bustling global trade and whose leaders give higher priority to feeding their malnourished people than building a nuclear bomb.
Congress is taking up a bipartisan proposal which would give the Obama administration more leverage over Iran by toughening economic sanctions on foreign oil and shipping firms that aid Tehran.
Here are the main changes in U.S. trade and financial sanctions on Cuba as outlined by the White House:
North Korea has once again created an international crisis by launching a rocket, once again thumbing its nose at a world community wondering how to deal with the rogue communist state.
Cuba's state-controlled media on Monday downplayed eased U.S. rules on family ties with Cuba, calling the measure a defeat for the communist government's foes that still left Washington's 47-year-old trade embargo intact.
Japan may move Patriot missiles to its northern coast to intercept debris in case North Korea's planned rocket launch fails, the defense minister said Thursday as the prime minister warned of more possible sanctions against Pyongyang.
The Hindu : International : Mottaki dismisses sanctions threatDUBAI: Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said he does not expect fresh sanctions against Iran as imposition of internationally approved economic curbs has become outdated.
BBC News - Newsnight - Defector tells of life in North Korean armyNewsnight has spoken to two North Korean defectors about life inside the secretive Stalinist state, one of whom says that he was an anti-tank battalion commander in North Korea's army before fleeing.
Obama Takes Stern Tone on North Korea and IranSEOUL, South Korea — President Obama delivered a stern message on Thursday to North Korea and Iran that they risk further sanctions and isolation if they do not rein in their nuclear ambitions.
Judge Directs US Attorney To Collect $20K From Orly Taitz After Failure To Pay Fine | TPMMuckrakerThe Birther Queen refuses to pay. A federal judge in Georgia has ordered the US Attorney to collect a $20,000 judgment against Orly Taitz after the Birther attorney failed to pay the fine -- which she appealed -- within 30 days.
How to Keep Iran in Check Without WarGary Sick served on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan. He was the principal White House aide for Iran during the Iranian Revolution and the hostage crisis and is the author of two books on U.S.-Iranian relations.
Russia's 'Nyet' And America's Naivete. 10-14-09. 07:14 PM ET Geopolitics: America's new clout from the Nobel Peace Prize somehow didn't persuade Russia to help pressure soon-to-be-nuclear-armed Tehran. But then, for nearly 20 years Moscow has been helping Iran go nuclear.
Orly Taitz Sanctioned for $20,000 - The Washington IndependentThe "Birther queen" has been slapped with a five-figure fine for "wasting the judicial resources" of the Middle District of Georgia, where she'd filed one of her numerous lawsuits demanding that President Obama prove his citizenship before deploying soldiers to Iraq and …
Black Market Shows Iran Can Adapt to SanctionsWASHINGTON — President Obama has vowed to keep the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program after last week's meeting in Geneva, and his advisers said the United States was intensively recruiting other nations to join in a harsher economic embargo against Tehran should diplo …
EXCLUSIVE: Obama agrees to keep Israel's nukes secret - Washington Times"The current administration has reaffirmed a 4-decade-old secret understanding that has allowed Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections, three officials familiar with the understanding said."
The Coming Failure On Iran. By Jackson Diehl. Sunday, October 4, 2009. The Obama administration's positive tone following its first diplomatic encounter with Iran covers a deep and growing gloom in Washington and European capitals.
U.S. Congressmen warn Shell OIL it could be banned from U.S. The U.S. Congress has spent recent weeks in intensifying a push for sanctions against Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
From The Political and Financial Markets Commentator (http://politicsandfinance.blogspot.com) Remember The Odd Couple Episode: The Hustler Sure Shot Wilson with a hacking smokers cough: Does my answer matter? Felix Unger: Your life may depend on it!
Ritter Interview on IranFormer UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter joins us to discuss what he calls "politically motivated hype" over Iran's nuclear program. The Obama administration has warned of sanctions unless Iran allows inspections of a newly disclosed nuclear site.
Iran parliament warns against foreign pressureIranian lawmakers warned the U.S. and other world powers on Tuesday against further pressures over Tehran's disputed nuclear program just days ahead of a key international meeting.
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Birther Orly Taitz Compares Self To Mandela, Wants Judge Tried For Treason excerpt: ""In an interview with TPM just now, Birther evangelist Orly Taitz fired back at Clay Land, the U.S.
Iran�s offer of nuclear talks hinders Security Council talks on sanctions - Times Online Western diplomats struggled yesterday to secure an agreement on imposing tougher sanctions on Iran in an attempt to end its nuclear programme.
The Death Spiral of the Islamic Republic IIIn the middle of the night, at 1:30 in the morning of Friday, August 14th, there was a large explosion at the monster petrochemical facility of the Iranian Pars Petrochemical Company in Bandar Assaluyeh.
Oz Federal Police drop probe into A$300 million Australian Wheat Board bribes to SaddamNow highly unlikely that Oz will pursue criminal charges against the former AWB executives, who helped funnel almost $300 million to Saddam Hussein's regime in breach of United Nations oil for food sanctions.
Jewish Israeli Prof. Neve Gordon urges Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment re Apartheid IsraelProf. Gordon Neve : "Putting massive international pressure on Israel is the only way to guarantee that the next generation of Israelis and Palestinians -- my two boys included -- does not grow up in an apartheid regime."
Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods support international boycott against Apartheid Israel"Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods - support the call made by nearly 200 Palestinian civil society organisations in 2005 for a broad campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions ... [for] ... Palestinian human rights"
Daycare worker taped children's mouths & force fed hot sauce as punishmentColors R Us Child Development Center is facing sanctions for failing to report allegations that a teacher was taping children's mouths shut, locking them in a closet and even forcing them to eat hot sauce as punishment.
EU Tightens Sanctions Against BurmaThe decision to extend Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest has sparked outrage in Brussels. The EU has proposed "targeted measures" against the junta, while British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling for a worldwide ban on the sale of arms to the Asian country.
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