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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Looking to break Tehran’s nuclear defiance, 25
US Senators on Tuesday unveiled legislation giving President Barack
Obama unprecedented powers to punish firms that export gasoline to
Iran. “The new sanctions include everything up to and including
prohibiting these entities from doing business in the United
States,” Democratic Senator Evan Bayh, one of the bill’s lead
authors, told a press conference. The legislation looks to tighten
the screws on the Islamic republic, which imports about 40 percent
of its gasoline, by targeting firms that finance gasoline exports to
Iran, or either ship or insure the exports. “Bottom line: It
allows us to put our finger right on the pressure point where Iran
is the weakest, and that is gasoline,” Democratic Senator Chuck
Schumer told reporters.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani troops Wednesday took control of the
key town in northwestern Buner district, a day after launching a
major ground and air assault against Taliban militants, the military
said.
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