Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse
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U.S. blacklists firms for evading Iran oil sale sanctions
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice votes to tighten sanctions on North Korea at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, March 7, 2013. In response to North Korea's third nuclear test, the U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to tighten financial restrictions on Pyongyang and c
