51.   But the Argentine Football Association withdrew Maradona to avoid further sanctions to the entire team.

52.   The UN Security Council is expected to debate next month whether to expand the sanctions to enclude an air embargo.

53.   US President Bill Clinton on Saturday threatened North Korea with United Nations sanctions to force Pyongyang to allow full inspection of its suspected nuclear-arms program.

54.   Tripoli said Monday it feared that the United Nations might extend the sanctions to a full oil embargo.

55.   To force the return of Aristide, the United Nations reinforced sanctions to a near-total embargo on the impoverished Caribbean country.

56.   Now, he could add the EU and US sanctions to his campaign tool box, portraying Zimbabwe as a victim of Western bullying, according to analysts.