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South Korea imposes independent sanctions on Iran (AP)

September 9th, 2010

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Kim Young-sun announces the country's sanctions against Iran at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. South Korea said Wednesday it will ban unauthorized financial dealings with Iran as part of sanctions to join the U.S-led campaign to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its disputed nuclear enrichment program. Seoul blacklisted 102 entities, which include the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, and 24 individuals for the sanctions, Kim said. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - South Korea said it will ban many financial dealings with Iran and impose other penalties as part of a U.S.-led campaign to enforce sanctions against the country over…

Iraq says it’s independent as US ends combat (AP)

August 31st, 2010

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, walks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, before their meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Biden made a new appeal to Iraqi leaders Tuesday, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, to end the political deadlock and seat a new government. March 7 parliamentary elections left Iraq without a clear winner, and insurgents have since exploited the uncertainty to hammer Iraqi security forces. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the end of American combat operations Tuesday leaves his country independent and an equal to the United States and he assured his…

US envoy urges independent probe into Kyrgyz riots (AP)

June 19th, 2010

Ethnic Uzbeks cross the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border as they leave Kyrgyzstan near the southern city of Osh, Friday, June 18, 2010. The United Nations said as many as 1 million people may need aid in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, including the potential number of refugees, internally displaced, host families and others that may suffer in one way or another from the unrest. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - A top U.S. envoy called Saturday for an independent investigation into the violence that has devastated southern Kyrgyzstan, as amateur video emerged of unarmed Uzbeks gathering to defend…

Arabs demand independent probe of Israeli raid (AP)

May 31st, 2010

Israeli soldiers stand guard aboard a missile ship as the Israeli navy intercepts a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea. British Prime Minister David Cameron urged his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to AP - The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Monday on Israel’s deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip, with the Palestinians and…