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embargoThe prohibition of trade with a country by another country or international organization. Embargoes may be general (a total ban) or specific (relating to, for example, technology transfer, energy supplies, or weaponry). See also sanctions. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There is growing concern on Capitol Hill and in the Bush administration about exhibits in the museum at Yasukuni that criticise the US embargos before the War and the US-led Tokyo tribunal alter the War. Refugees come from war zones like Afghanistan and Iraq, places obliterated by bombs and insurgencies, or crippled by embargos and civil wars. Despite the years under Saddam Hussain, a decade of economic sanctions and embargos, and the devastation of the war itself, the attacks on the Christian churches and what they may signal for the future represent the most troubling concern for Archbishop Sleiman. |
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