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While senior American and European officials stopped short of declaring a diplomatic breakthrough, Iran dropped previously unacceptable preconditions for talks in a letter this week from its senior nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, who declared his...
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Telecommunication, known by its acronym, SWIFT, said in a statement on its website that it was "ready to implement sanctions against Iranian financial institutions." Pressure has been building on SWIFT to expel the banks, which have been penalized in...
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European Union (EU) ambassador to Zimbabwe Aldo Dell'Ariccia addresses a media conference in the capital Harare February 17, 2012. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party on Friday criticised the European Union's decision to maintain... View Photo »
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I don't know that the Fed is prepared for that, but they already set up the swap line...I think that is probably more of a role for the European Central Bank than for the Fed. Probably not going to happen.
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Quicker than a succession of slow-acting economic sanctions, expelling Iran from the banking hub could put a sudden choke hold on its oil-dependent economy. The move was made under strong pressure from the United States and the European Union, which...
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Also known by its Farsi name, the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, the group is the militant wing of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran. The U.S. considers it a terrorist organization although the European Union removed it from its terror list...
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The statement by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, known as SWIFT, suggests that the European Union — under pressure from Washington — is close to approving regulations that will require the Brussels-based hub to evict...
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ATHENS, GREECE - FEBRUARY 17: The EU flag flies in front of the Parthenon on the Acropolis on February 17, 2012 in Athens, Greece. Following a meeting on Wednesday, finance ministers across the Eurozone are calling for greater scrutiny and oversight of... View Photo »
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There is no disagreement with the institutions of the European Union on the importance of basic principles, common European values and achievements
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I will visit Burma/Myanmar in April after the by-elections, by which time I hope we will have had the chance to complete the review and to have made decisions at an EU level to respond to what I hope will be continued progress," said Catherine Ashton,...
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