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Bush Expands Zimbabwe Sanctions

Posted Jul 25, 08 2:00 PM CDT in US,  World 

(Newser) – President Bush is expanding US sanctions against Zimbabwe, the New York Times reports, two weeks after Russia and China vetoed his call for UN action. “No regime should ignore the will of its own people and calls from the international community without consequences,” Bush said today.

Bush isn’t alone, however; the EU also stepped up its pressure on Robert Mugabe’s regime this week. The US already had sanctions standing against Mugabe, 129 other people and 35 businesses. Today’s action targets 17 more businesses identified as “regime cronies.”

Source New York Times

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President Bush speaks about the USAID Freedom Agenda, Thursday, July 24, 2008, in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Bush speaks about the USAID Freedom Agenda, Thursday, July 24, 2008, in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, left and Morgan Tsvangirai are seen at the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two parties in Harare, Monday, July, 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
In this June file photo, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe appears at his inauguration ceremony at State house in Harare, Zimbabwe.   (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
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