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Are sanctions really working?

The expiration day of the Japanese government's tough sanctions against North Korea is drawing near again. Japan imposed a package of sanctions as punishment for North Korea's nuclear test in October 2006 and has renewed them two times since then. There... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sun, Apr 06 2008

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