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VOA NEWS; U.S. LAWMAKERS VOTE TO EXTEND SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
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July 24, 2008
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Dan Robinson
U.S. lawmakers have been commenting on the situation in Burma as the U.S. Congress advanced legislation to strengthen and renew unilateral U.S. economic sanctions against the Burmese military government. More from VOA's Dan Robinson on Capitol Hill.
The House of Representatives voted to extend U.S. trade sanctions against Burma's military government for one year, as companion legislation moved ahead in a Senate committee.
Sanctions prohibiting U.S. imports from Burma were first put into place in 2003, as a U.S. response to the refusal of Burma's military go restore democracy and improve human rights conditions.
In Wednesday's ...
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