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As negotiations between Zimbabwe's feuding political parties loomed on Tuesday, the European Union increased the pressure on President Robert Mugabe by widening sanctions against senior Zimbabwean officials.
The United States and some European countries have threatened to widen sanctions against Myanmar in response to the junta's violent crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators last month.
EU foreign ministers did not agree to widen sanctions to include those entities supporting the Russian regime or agree to new restrictions on key sectors of the Russian economy such as oil and gas.
Not only should he widen sanctions against named Russians but he should emulate [Edward] Heath's example by expelling all the diplomats in London suspected of working for the FSB.
Earlier in the week EU foreign ministers said Russia could be guilty of possible war crimes in Aleppo and agreed to widen sanctions against Syrians implicated in the bombing.
Mr Obama said the US was widening its sanctions to target the key sectors of the Russian economy - energy, arms and finance.
Of course, the situation may well change if European countries decide to widen their sanctions, including on the energy sector".
She said America's threat to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution that Syria seeks condemning the air raid, as well as a proposal in Congress to widen trade sanctions against Damascus, had also taken their toll.
"As new regulation which will clarify individual responsibility is embedded and fresh legislation comes into force that will widen the sanctions available to address the most egregious behaviour, I hope we will see much greater individual accountability visited on those directly responsible".
The EU will widen its sanctions against Russia to include more individuals and consider targeting the defence sector, the Dutch foreign minister says.
A diplomatic attempt in the first place could be the difference of sanctions widening a wedge between Iranian opposition and the Ahmadinejad regime and bringing the two sides together.
