July 23, 2012 in The Daily Republic
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Penn State football was all but leveled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno’s victories and imposed a mountain of fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant coach spent uncounted years molesting children, sometimes on university property. Continue Reading
March 23, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
EU foreign ministers have slapped sanctions on the wife and other close relatives of Syrian President Bashar Assad, freezing their assets and banning them from traveling to the EU in a continuing attempt to stop the violent crackdown on opposition, officials said today. Continue Reading
January 26, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Iran is ready to revive talks with the world powers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today, as toughening sanctions aim at forcing Tehran to sharply scale back its nuclear program. Even so, he insisted that the pressures will not force Iran to give up its demands. Continue Reading
December 13, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The Obama administration hit two senior Iranian military officials with travel and financial sanctions today and moved closer to a compromise with Congress over tough new sanctions against Iran’s Central Bank that Washington worries could have unintended consequences. Continue Reading
November 21, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
A U.S. official says the Obama administration will hit the Iranian economy with new sanctions today, teaming with Britain and Canada in an effort to pressure Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program. Continue Reading
October 11, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. is preparing new penalties against Iranians following the disruption of an alleged plot to assassinate a Saudi diplomat in the U.S. Continue Reading
September 21, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
An investigation into possible MTS Systems Corp. export law violations by the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, which began in January and was expanded in July, remains underway and was not affected by the agreement with the Air Force. Continue Reading
May 24, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The State Department announced the penalties as the administration widened the scope of measures against firms that supply or transport refined petroleum products, including gasoline, to Iran. Continue Reading
December 15, 2010 in Grand Forks Herald
The U.N. Security Council today lifted sanctions that barred Iraq from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and pursuing a civilian nuclear program, in a symbolic step to restore the country to the international standing it held before Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Continue Reading
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