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| Jul.13 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer Yahoo rejected an offer to sell its Internet search business to Microsoft. and leave the remainder of the company in control of Carl Icahn
| The complex deal would have meant a major dismantling of Yahoo; the sale of its coveted search engine; the spin-off of its Asian assets and the ouster of its top management, including CEO Yang
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| May.1 |
 Washington |
 U.S. broadens Myanmar sanctions| Bush froze the assets of state-owned companies in Myanmar propping up the military junta, which is suppressing pro-democracy dissidents | |
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| Dec.10 |
 UN |
Draft targets Iran military, bank| A plan for new sanctions against Iran would punish a branch of the Iranian armed forces and one of Iran's largest banks | |
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| Jun.12 |
Washington |
US warns firms trading with Iran The U.S. is threatening to get much tougher with energy companies that do business with Iran
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| Mar.14 |
Washington |
 U.S. readies Sudan sanctions The administration is preparing to impose new economic sanctions because of Sudan's refusal to allow U.N. peacekeepers to Darfur
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| Jan.26 |
Washington |
  Cognac and iPod ban for N Korea The US has banned exports of iPods, fine wines and fast cars as part of the punishment for the nuclear bomb test last year
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| Oct.14 |
UN |
 U.N. slaps sanctions on North Korea  The Council voted unanimously to slap trade, travel and other sanctions
| The vote had been delayed because of concerns by China and Russia. The US has revised its draft to remove the threat of military action and reduced the total embargo on military equipment
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| Jul.13 |
New York |
Worldcom's ex-boss gets 25 years Bernard Ebbers was sentenced for his role in orchestrating the biggest corporate fraud in the nation's history
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| Feb.24 |
Texas |
 Yukos loses US bankruptcy battle A judge has dismissed an attempt by Russian oil giant to gain bankruptcy protection in the US
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Gunman kills film director
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| May.11 |
Washington |
 US slaps trade sanctions on Syria The US are accusing the Arab state of supporting terror and failing to stop militants entering Iraq
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| Apr.23 |
Washington |
 U.S. lifts most sanctions against Libya The administration is opening the way for U.S. investments but still forbidding air travel and some exports
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| Dec.4 |
UN Security Council |
 Iraq oil-for-food extended 6 months Security Council agreed to modify within 30 days the "goods review list" of items banned for export
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| Mar.19 |
USA |
Steel war looms as US imposes tariffs US is unilaterally imposing tariffs of up to 30% on imported steel for 3 years
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| Mar.5 |
Washington |
 Bush imposed steel tariffs| 3e-year plan to help the ailing US steel industry. European Union would launch an immediate complaint with the WTO | |
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| Nov.29 |
UN |
Extension of oil-for-food program UN endorsed U.S.-backed plan to modify the Iraq sanctions regime in 6 months
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| Jul.3 |
UN Security Council |
U.N. renews Iraq oil-for-food plan Security Council voted for a 5-month extension of the program after Russia threatened to veto a 11-year-old sanctions
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| Jan.19 |
Washington |
 Clinton lifts Yugoslavia sanctions It's one of President last actions. Sanctions against Milosevic remained
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