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The sanctions, it says, are intended to be "preventative" rather than punitive, aimed at stopping any potential future support for terrorism.
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Diesel drivers may gain a partial reprieve from proposed punitive measures aimed at improving air quality, Theresa May has indicated.
The officials said that Mr. Obama had set aside for the next few months a quest for more punitive sanctions aimed at Iran.
This is not a war, let alone one of self-defence, but a punitive expedition aimed at maintaining the siege and illegal military occupation.
Restaurateurs complained bitterly about the "scarlet letters," and what they saw as punitive enforcement aimed at raising money for the city.
More than half a million people were displaced, and critics of the government claimed that this was a punitive measure aimed at the supporters of the opposition, who were mainly located in the shantytowns.
Market corrections, rather than punitive moves aimed at individuals, are the only way to tackle what has become, in economic as well as in social terms, a very real crisis.
Such low duties are standard on many imports, and are much less punishing than the punitive tariffs aimed at restricting the trade of a certain good, like the 35percenttariffff on Chinese tires announced three weeks ago.
The US and Britain unleashed air strikes against Iraq last night in a punitive attack aimed at Saddam Hussein's capacity to produce chemical, biological and nuclear arms, after the Iraqi dictator refused to co-operate with UN weapons inspections.
In January, the US cut its funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, by more than half, as a punitive measure aimed at the Palestinian political leadership.
Still, the survey's finding of support for family detentions is a signal that the public continues to widely support ramping up efforts to deter illegal immigration and is open to some punitive measures aimed at achieving this.
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