1.   The sanctions ban trade and financial transactions with the joint venture and freeze any assets it has placed in U.S. banks.

2.   The sanctions ban the sale of supercomputers that could be used for military purposes such as designing nuclear bombs.

3.   The U.N. sanctions ban only international flights to and from Libya and the sale of arms and certain other restricted goods.

4.   American trade sanctions also ban high-tech exports to Iran.

5.   Because U.N. sanctions ban flights in and out of Iraq, visitors have to go there by road, usually through Jordan.

6.   Gadhafi had to drive to Egypt because the sanctions ban air travel to or from Libya.

7.   In addition to an air travel ban, the sanctions ban some foreign financial transactions and limit the sale of oil equipment.

8.   Subsequent sanctions banned Sudanese planes from U.N. member states.

9.   The current sanctions ban air travel to and from the country, prohibit arms sales, freeze some assets abroad and limit sales of oil equipment.

10.   The Libyan sanctions ban all international flights to and from the North African country.