1.   Several companies broke trade sanctions by continuing to export weapons to the country.

2.   The EU has threatened to enforce sanctions by blockading the port.

3.   American companies also get around the sanctions by having the work in Libya done by their foreign subsidiaries, Bertoli and the engineers said.

4.   Both Bancomer and Banca Serfin have branches in New York and Los Angeles and could face sanctions by regulators here.

5.   A Chinese official responded today by suggesting China will retaliate against any sanctions by buying more goods from competitors of U.S. companies.

6.   A partial agreement in July averted threatened sanctions by the United States against Japan and called for a more comprehensive cargo pact by the end of this month.

7.   Clinton was warned by his top military advisers that the North could make good on its threat that it would respond to the sanctions by invading the south.

8.   Colombian stocks as concern about possible economic sanctions by the U.S. offset hopes of higher-than-expected company earnings.

9.   Congress can remove the sanctions by passing a law or joint resolution.

10.   Diplomacy or economic sanctions by themselves, not backed up by credible military threats, will not keep Iraq contained.