Population movement can be critical factor in dengue's spread Nov 10, 2009
PLEASE ADD THIS LINK TO THE PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN ONLINE VERSIONS OF YOUR REPORT: (link will go live upon embargo lift). CITATION: Honrio NA, Nogueira RMR, Codeo CT, Carvalho MS, Cruz OG, et al. (2009) Spatial Evaluation and Modeling of Dengue Seroprevalence and Vector Density in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (EurekAlert!)
Editorial: Technology gains while mpg drags Nov 9, 2009
The 1973-74 OPEC oil embargo then triggered a wave of innovation, and fuel efficiency of the U.S. fleet increased to 16. 9 mpg by 1991. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Developmental delay could stem from nicotinic receptor deletion Nov 9, 2009
When the embargo lifts, the report will be available at. From more information on basic science research at Baylor College of Medicine, please go or. (EurekAlert!)
Ghanaians Complains Too Much- President Mills Nov 9, 2009
President Mills, our families are suffering with high prices of all commodities, they can't go to sleep without one eye opened because of armed robbers, the cedi has lost about 30% of its value since you assumed office, you have put an embargo in hiring new applicants to the Ministeries at the insistance of the World Bank. People are jobless and can't put food on the table to feed their families, Sir, do something about the Economy because your "Ecomini" is not working as it should be... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Rick Holmes: Obama comes down to earth Nov 9, 2009
He approved expanded family visits to Cuba and lifted restrictions on private money transfers, but left the embargo in place. He invited gay families to the White House Easter Egg Roll, and last week rescinded Reagan's ban on letting people with AIDS into the country, but he has yet to take the first step toward repealing the Defense of Marriage Act. (Wakefield Observer, MA)
Elder Law: It's hard to tell when inflation will make appearance Nov 8, 2009
Then we had the oil embargo (OPEC I) and wage and price controls. Many significant events were made in that block of time, but the market reactions often blossomed years after. (The News-Press -- Business)
* INTERVIEW: European friend of Taiwan downplays China threat Nov 7, 2009
Tannock also said that despite Chinas expanding economic muscle, the EU is unlikely to lift its 20-year arms embargo against Beijing because of Chinas human rights issues. The embargo reflects the 27-nation blocs commitment to the security of both Taiwan and Japan, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
LETTER: Contact lawmakers to develop US energy Nov 7, 2009
During the 1973 oil embargo, our government promised that they would develop an energy policy that would limit our dependence on foreign oil. It is now 36 years later and what have they done. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Russia, India and China go their ways Nov 5, 2009
Beijing will be justified in asking: How could China possibly cooperate in the security sphere with the US and the Western alliance in Afghanistan when the West maintains a 20-year-old arms embargo on China. Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar was a career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service. (Asia Times Online)
Global challenges and opportunities in fighting HIV/AIDS and neglected diseases Nov 3, 2009
Journalists may also access content on the Health Affairs Web site after the embargo lifts by using the press username "press" and the password "health." Address inquiries to Sue Ducat at 301-841-9962 (). . (EurekAlert!)
Cubans say access to online market site is blocked Nov 2, 2009
Cuba blames the long-standing U.S. trade embargo against the island for its limited access ... The U.S. trade embargo, imposed since 1962 to undermine the Cuban government, also has caused U.S. companies such as Microsoft Corp and Google Inc to not provide instant messaging services in Cuba because they say U.S. regulations prohibit required downloads. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Wereko-Brobby Paid $75,000 As Salary Advance Nov 2, 2009
He said as of December 31, 2008 there were no funds to settle the outstanding debts of the contractors and that the funds had been released in the early part of 2009, by which time the government had placed an embargo on such payments. Mr Sam-Aziakor said no funds had been released to any Ghana mission abroad for the celebration of the Golden Jubilee. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Accuses PM's Party of Dishonesty Nov 1, 2009
He, however, said there was evidence that MDC-T leaders had asked for the embargo to subsist. "In the Global Political Agreement that we signed as Zanu-PF, MDC-T and MDC-M, it is stated that parties should work in getting Europe and America to lift the sanctions. "They are our partners in Government, but they are refusing. (allAfrica.com)
Cuba swine flu 'from US tourists' Nov 1, 2009
At the same time, Fidel Castro noted, the US trade embargo prevents Cuba from obtaining equipment and medicines needed to combat the virus. But he stopped short of calling it a conspiracy. (BBC News -- Americas)
All together now Nov 1, 2009
" Now how persuasively are Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin or even Rush Limbaugh going to counter that? You can't beat something with nothing. Speaking of that opposition, it does matter with whom and how Obama is challenged. The GOP is still exploring new depths of partisan unpopularity, Almost none of the cases where a president did not win reelection in the last 60 years offer much in the way of comparison to the current situation. Truman and Johnson opted not to run in the face of unpopular wars,... (Salon)
Timeline: Liberia Oct 30, 2009
2001 May - UN Security Council reimposes arms embargo to punish Taylor for trading weapons for diamonds from rebels in Sierra Leone ... An embargo on Liberian timber exports is lifted shortly afterwards ... 2007 December - UN Security Council extended arms and travel embargoes for another year in response to increased gun violence. (BBC News -- Africa)
Cte d'Ivoire: Security Council Extend Sanctions for Another Year Oct 30, 2009
In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member Council voted to maintain for another year an arms embargo, restrictions for certain individuals on travel and financial movements, and the ban on any State importing rough diamonds from C te d'Ivoire ... In addition, the Council's resolution called on the UN peacekeeping operation in C te d'Ivoire (UNOCI), and the French force that supports it, to fully uphold the enforcement of the arms embargo on the country, which has been split for more... (allAfrica.com)
Zimbabwe: Minister Biti Breaks Ranks With MDC-T Oct 30, 2009
Political scientist Professor Jonathan Moyo said the admission demonstrated that President Mugabe and Zanu-PF were right that the main outstanding GPA issue was the lifting of the illegal economic embargo. Prof Moyo said it also showed that MDC-T was an "unreliable" partner in the inclusive Government. (allAfrica.com)
* Cuban minister says ready for talks with US Oct 30, 2009
His comments came despite a testy exchange between the top Cuban diplomat and a senior US official just before the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn the US 47-year trade embargo. This years UN vote was 187-3 in opposition to the embargo, up from 185-3 last year, with only Israel and the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau supporting the US. Micronesia and the Marshall Islands abstained both years ... Rodriguezs tone in the interview was markedly different from that in his... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The US Embargo Against Cuba Oct 30, 2009
An embargo on trade with the island nation of Cuba has existed in some form since 1958. The embargo dates to the time when Fidel Castro and the government of Fulgencio Batista y Zald;var clashed in the Cuban countryside ... As an artifact of the Cold War, the US embargo of Cuba is singular in many ways. (Suite101.com)
General Assembly urges end to embargo on Cuba Oct 30, 2009
UN General Assembly urges end to US embargo on Cuba ... UN condemns US embargo vs Cuba ... The UN general assembly overwhelmingly condemns the US's 47-year-old trade embargo against Cuba. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
UN calls for end to U.S. embargo on Cuba Oct 29, 2009
UN General Assembly calls for end to U.S. embargo on Cuba_English_Xinhua. UN General Assembly calls for end to U.S. embargo on Cuba ... The UN General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to call for an end to the U.S. embargo on Cuba, with 187 in favor, three against and two abstentions. (Xinhuanet, China)
Ivory Coast's old foes 'rearming' Oct 29, 2009
Former foes from Ivory Coast's 2002 civil war are rearming in defiance of an arms embargo, UN experts say ... "Despite the arms embargo northern and southern Ivorian parties are rearming or re-equipping with related material," a report by a UN panel of experts said ... The UN Security Council is due to renew its arms embargo against the country this week, but the report raised the possibility of renewed serious conflict if the political situation deteriorates. (BBC News -- Africa)
Cuba seeks to broaden talks with US Oct 29, 2009
His comments followed a testy exchange he had with a senior US official just before the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn America s 47-year trade embargo ... Rodriguez s tone in the interview was markedly different from that of his speech before the General Assembly, in which he claimed the embargo, which the Cubans refer to as a blockade, had cost the island s fragile economy tens of billions of dollars over the years and prevented Cuban children from getting needed medical... (Boston Globe)
UN General Assembly urges end to US embargo on Cuba Oct 29, 2009
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U.N. condemns U.S. embargo on Cuba Oct 29, 2009
UNITED NATIONS (AP) The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly condemned the 47-year U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, an annual ritual that serves to highlight global opposition to America's hard-line policy toward the communist island, but which has done little to change Washington's stance, even with a new administration. This year's vote was 187-3 in opposition to the embargo, up from 185-3 last year, with only Israel and the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau supporting the United... (Florida Today)
Ethiopia: Cuba Urges International Support to Lift U.S Blockade Oct 29, 2009
The embargo inflicted harms worth more than $ 236 billion until December 2008, said Clara Pulido Escandell, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba. Today the Cuban government will make a request to the United Nations to put pressure to lift the blockade and call the support of the international community. (allAfrica.com)
An American decline would undermine global security Oct 28, 2009
Indeed, the most serious oil shocks have come when US capability in the region was weak (consider the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the 1979 Iranian revolution, the 1980 eruption of the Iran-Iraq war). Washington's role is also critical for Middle East peace. (Christian Science Monitor)
Cte d'Ivoire: Parties Continuing to Rearm Despite Embargo, Says UN Oct 28, 2009
com: Cte d'Ivoire: Parties Continuing to Rearm Despite Embargo, Says UN Report (Page 1 of 1). Parties Continuing to Rearm Despite Embargo, Says UN Report ... Both sides in C te d'Ivoire, which has been divided for more than seven years between the Government-controlled south and the rebel Forces Nouvelles-held north, are violating the arms embargo imposed on the country, according to a new United Nations report. (allAfrica.com)
Plastic Surgery 2009 news briefs Oct 24, 2009
All briefs are embargoed until the date/time they are presented ... Embargo for Release: Saturday, October 24, 2009 ... Embargo for Release: Saturday, October 24, 2009. (EurekAlert!)
EU prepares sanctions, arms embargo for Guinea Oct 23, 2009
Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. Opinions & Editorials. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Transcript of a Press Briefing by Caroline Atkinson, Director, External Relations, IMF Oct 23, 2009
As usual, the briefing is embargoed until 10:30 a.m. Washington time or 1430 GMT. ... We will be posting that under embargo for journalists registered in the Online Media Briefing Center ... We will also, of course, be making that available online under embargo beforehand. (IMF News)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
And the embargo on Obama's educational records remains troubling. But I am still waiting for hard evidence about the host of other charges that are continually being hammered against him -- from his alleged fidelity to the crypto-tactics of Chicago leftist Saul Alinsky to the questions raised by right-wingers about the production of Obama's two memoirs. (Salon)
Full Story » Oct 23, 2009
EU prepares sanctions, arms embargo for Guinea - Yahoo ... EU prepares sanctions, arms embargo for Guinea. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Guinea junta faces EU sanctions Oct 22, 2009
Guinea's military junta is facing the prospect of an arms embargo imposed by the European Union, reports say ... The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has already imposed an arms embargo on Guinea over the killings ... Now EU sanctions and arms embargo could come as early as next week, reports the BBC's Chris Mason, in Brussels. (BBC News -- Europe)
Guinea: China's Business Ties to the Camara Junta Could Quickly Backfire Oct 22, 2009
On 17 October, West African leaders imposed an arms embargo of Captain Moussa Dadis Camara's junta for the killing of at least 157 people when government troops fired on a demonstration on 28 September. The International Criminal Court said it would open investigations to determine whether the brutal attack amounted to crimes against humanity. (allAfrica.com)
Trade mission to Cuba builds on past success Oct 21, 2009
Virginia's exports to Cuba have grown dramatically since the 2002 U.S.-Cuba Food and Agricultural Exposition, the first expo to include U.S. producers since the trade embargo of 1962. The Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 allowed medical and agricultural exports to Cuba. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Asia demand for ivory, sharks' fins set for scrutiny Oct 21, 2009
Meanwhile, Tanzania and Zambia are asking for a trade embargo on ivory to be lifted, allowing them to sell controlled quantities of elephants' tusks. The consumption of sharks' fins -- a Chinese culinary delicacy -- is expected to be among key issues on the table at the Qatar meeting, officials said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Africa: 'AU Effectively Tackling Economic, Political Problems' [interview] Oct 19, 2009
There is an embargo on armaments, so we're asking for a lift on the embargo for government troops. There is a road map. (allAfrica.com)
Saudi Poor Mouth Oct 15, 2009
Thanks to a sharp rise in petro revenues following the 1973 oil embargo, it became one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Yet its per-capita GDP ranks among the world's lowest. (Investors Business Daily)
Zimbabwe: Origins of Sanctions Oct 15, 2009
It is understandably difficult for MDC-T to go back and lobby for the lifting of the illegal embargo. As Zimbabweans, we all believe MDC-T wants the sanctions -- which PM Tsvangirai prefers to call restrictive measures -- to go quickly but things are not that easy. (allAfrica.com)
Cuba solicits worldwide support against U.S. embargo Oct 14, 2009
HAVANA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The National Assembly of People's Power, Cuba's parliament, called for worldwide support on Tuesday to pressure the United States into lifting its economic, commercial and financial embargo against the country. In a statement published by local press, the International Affairs Commission of the Assembly appealed to governments of all countries for their support of a UN resolution that demands the United States lift its embargo which has been in place since 1962 ...... (Xinhuanet, China)
Debating the dragon-bear duet Oct 14, 2009
Russia's weapons exports, for their part, also appear to scholars of Kotkin's pursuasion to be largely an historic artifact resulting from the arms embargo imposed on China by France, the United Kingdom, and the United States after the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, coupled with Russia's desire to keep its defense industry alive. Russian arms sales to China have declined in recent years, and that decline is seen as continuing - perhaps even as much as 75% in the immediate future, as Andrei... (Asia Times Online)
Dorgan, Enzi Seek End to Cuba Travel Ban Oct 13, 2009
Cuban tourism has faltered in recent years, and an end to the U.S. travel embargo appears to be the catalyst needed for significant growth in the tourism industry ... I support the embargo against Cuba we do not need to be opening up trade or expanding travel to a country that doesnt respect human rights, that doesnt respect a minority party, said Sen. (Newsmax)
Zimbabwe: ICC and Nobel Peace Prize Oct 13, 2009
Reason believes Travel warnings on Zimbabwe equate to a travel embargo on Zimbabwe by western powers. 2) (LACKS. (allAfrica.com)
Today in History - Oct. 11 Oct 11, 2009
Five years ago: European Union foreign ministers lifted sanctions against Libya and eased an arms embargo. Shiite militia fighters started turning in weapons in Baghdad's Sadr City under a weapons-for-cash disarmament program. (Anchorage Daily News)
Hamas complicates Mideast peace bid Oct 8, 2009
GAZA CITY - In the two years since it seized power here, the militant Hamas movement has undercut the influence of the Gaza Strip's major clans, brought competing paramilitary groups under its control, put down an uprising by a rival Islamist group, weathered a three-week war with Israel, worked around a strict economic embargo and through it all refused a set of international demands that could begin Gaza's rehabilitation. That combination of durability and unwillingness to compromise has... (MSNBC -- International)
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Welcomes the West Oct 7, 2009
The US and the European Union (EU) have maintained a travel and trade embargo since 2002 against senior members of President Mugabe's Zanu-PF party and the military. "Our country remains in a positive stance to enter into fresh, friendly and cooperative relations with all those countries that have been hostile to us," he said at the official opening of the second session of Zimbabwe's seventh parliament. (allAfrica.com)
Comment on this article Oct 7, 2009
It was the year before the business cycle bubble burst for a decade, and energy prices became a national rather than a consumer issue, as a result of the first oil embargo. NEPA and the environmental movement were emerging green glimmers. (Energy Pulse, CO)
The RBA's statement Oct 6, 2009
No: 2009-23 Date: 6 October 2009 Embargo: For Immediate Release. STATEMENT BY GLENN STEVENS, GOVERNOR MONETARY POLICY. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Iran Won Atomic Talks Oct 5, 2009
The much talked about gasoline embargo won t work because Russia is prepared to make-up any Iranian shortfalls via rail resupply from under worked Russian refineries and besides, Venezuela signed a pact in Sept. to ship 20,000 barrels of gasoline to Iran beginning in Oct. and China recently increased its gasoline shipments to Iran by one-third to improve its leverage with the West. Moscow and Beijing are not likely to abandon their economic and strategic ties with Iran to support sanctions. (Human Events Online)
U.S.-Cuba Relations Oct 4, 2009
On April 13 President Barack Obama announced that he would lift some longstanding restrictions, allowing Cuban Americans to visit and send remittances to their families and easing but not removing the 47-year-old economic embargo on the island nation ... The United States which supported Castro by imposing a 1958 arms embargo against Batista's government immediately recognized the new regime, although it expressed some misgivings over the revolutionaries' execution of over 500 pro-Batista... (Time.com)
Cuba lambasts US embargo after orchestra tour shelved Oct 4, 2009
HAVANA (AFP) - Cuba rapped the United States Saturday after the New York Philharmonic Orchestra was forced to cancel a tour due to the US embargo on the communist-ruled island ... The New York Philharmonic said Thursday it had canceled a concert series scheduled to take place in Havana between October 30 and November 2, citing difficulties created by the US embargo on Cuba ... But it has said it will not, for now, seek to end the embargo, instead urging Havana to show progress on human rights. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Dollar Sign: Cuba Gearing Up For U.S. Tourists Oct 3, 2009
U.S. citizens can't legally travel to Cuba because of a 1962 U.S.-imposed trade embargo with the Communist island 90 miles south of Key West. Related. (ABC News)
Zimbabwe: Nestl Defies Calls to Pull Out of Country Oct 3, 2009
" Switzerland is not a member of the European Union -- which has sanctions on Zimbabwe -- and is not bound by the economic embargo. An observer yesterday said: "The campaign makes it evident to those, if there are still any, who were doubting that the declared and undeclared sanctions are not targeted at all. "It is a very systematic process that has as its ultimate objective the desire to squeeze Zimbabweans and make them revolt against a constitutionally-elected Government.". (allAfrica.com)
Clinton 'hated,' But Defends, Haiti Embargo Oct 3, 2009
Bill Clinton Says He Hated Destructive 1990s Embargo On Haiti, But Defends Action As Necessary ... (AP) Bill Clinton grimaced Friday as he recalled the severe embargo he oversaw as president against Haiti's then-brutal regime, a move that destroyed the very economy he is now fighting to revive ... In the spring of 1994, they became an embargo that prevented all goods from entering Haiti except humanitarian supplies, crippling the economy. (CBS News -- World)
In Cuba concert, even the audience was staged Oct 2, 2009
They already had opened the way for Castro on the following day to charge in a newspaper column that the concert was a blow against the U.S. economic embargo against his regime. They already had shown that they are the kind of idealists who allow themselves to be used by leftist despots. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
U.S., Cuba hold unannounced talks Oct 2, 2009
Obama has left intact the 47-year trade embargo on the island, and U.S. officials have said for months that they would like to see the single-party state accept some political, economic and social changes. More from msnbc. (MSNBC -- International)
Marching to world domination... Oct 2, 2009
And even the brutal slaughter in southern Sudan, in which hundreds of thousands of non-Muslim peasants were murdered by government militias, was carried out with 55m-worth of Chinese weapons, sold to the Sudanese in defiance of a UN arms embargo. Performers participate in the parade. (The Drudge Report)
A Year Later And Still No Offshore Drilling Oct 1, 2009
On Thursday, Americans will mark the first anniversary of perhaps the most historic change in our nation's energy policy a change supported by the vast majority of the American people that came in the form of the Oct. 1, 2008, retirement of the congressional embargo on offshore energy exploration and production. This oil embargo, first imposed by Congress in 1981 as a rider on the Interior Department appropriations bill, was the official policy of the United States for nearly three decades, even... (Investors Business Daily)
* US envoy in Cuba met with officials, citizens Oct 1, 2009
Despite the thaw, Obama has said he will maintain the 47-year-old US trade embargo against Cuba until the Cuban government shows progress on human rights and democracy ... Two weeks ago, Obama signed a yearly renewal of the act that imposes the embargo, which Cuba blames for most of its economic problems. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
China eyes defensive capability in building up military Oct 1, 2009
The plane was deployed around 2004 after decades of trade embargo by Western countries and unsuccessful acquisition of Russia-made equivalent. Editor: Wang Hongjiang. (Xinhuanet, China)
Iran's Leverage Sinks With Oil Demand Oct 1, 2009
But while an embargo on Iranian crude oil shipments is unlikely for the time being it could be economically feasible, Jakob said, because prices and demand are relatively low. Short of an embargo, the slack in the oil market would also allow the international community to impose more limited sanctions on Iran's oil industry - a far less sensitive subject now than when prices were trading above $100 a barrel. (CBS News -- World)
Zimbabwe: China Calls On West to Lift Sanctions Oct 1, 2009
Beijing CHINA is pleased that Zimbabwe has achieved national reconciliation and set up an inclusive Government and now wants the West to lift its ruinous economic embargo, a senior Chinese official has said ... "In the future we will provide further assistance as our ability permits. We, therefore, call on Western countries to lift their embargo on Zimbabwe," he said. (allAfrica.com)
Profile: Abkhazia Sep 30, 2009
An economic embargo remains in force and Abkhazia is isolated in just about every sense of the word except from Russia which maintains a border crossing and has re-opened the railway line to Sukhumi. Moscow has infuriated Tbilisi by making it easy for people in Abkhazia to gain Russian citizenship. (BBC News -- Europe)
