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Sharpton says civil disobedience will escalate if Zimmerman remains free

Arelis R. Hernandez The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 2:32pm

ORLANDO, Fla. -- If George Zimmerman is not arrested in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin soon, the Rev. Al Sharpton says he will call for an escalation in peaceful civil disobedience and economic sanctions.

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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2012 file photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad casts his ballot next to his wife Asma at a polling station in Damascus, Syria, during a referendum on the new constitution. EU foreign ministers imposed sanctions Friday, March 23, 2012 on Asma Assad, the stylish, British-born wife of the Syrian president, banning her from traveling to European Union countries and freezing any assets she may have there. The foreign ministers also imposed the same sanctions on President Bashar Assad's mother, sister and sister-in-law, and eight government ministers, in a continuing attempt to stop the bloody crackdown on opposition in the country. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Syrian sanctions slapped on Assad's wife, relatives

Don Melvin, John Heilprin The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 10:29am

BRUSSELS -- 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 Friday.

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 photo Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, after talks in Damascus, Syria. Lavrov's visit comes days after Syrian allies Russia and China vetoed a Western- and Arab-backed resolution at the United Nations that would have condemned the Assad regime's crackdown on dissents and calling on him to transfer some of his powers to his deputy. Russian Foreign Intelligence Chief Mikhail Fradkov stands at center.(AP Photo/Pool)

EU threatens new sanctions on Syria

Bassem Mroue The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 10:44am

BEIRUT -- The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in military assaults targeting government opponents.

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Jim Mee, right, and Nilar Thein, center, activists of the 88 Generation Students Group, gets welcomed by their daughter, left, at Yangon airport after being released from prison Friday, Jan.13, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar freed many of its prominent political prisoners Friday in a long-awaited step toward national reconciliation that also has been a key condition set by Western nations for easing sanctions against the country. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Myanmar frees many prominent political prisoners

Aye Aye Win The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 10:56am

YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar freed some of its most famous political inmates Friday, sparking jubilation outside prison gates while signaling its readiness to meet Western demands for lifting economic sanctions.

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