11.   Stocks fell in recent weeks amid expectations that the U.S. will slap trade sanctions on Colombia for failing to do enough to stop the drug trade.

12.   Stocks have fallen in recent weeks on fears the U.S. will slap trade sanctions on Colombia for not doing enough to stop the drug trade.

13.   The American government has until next July to decide whether it will slap sanctions on Japan under U.S. trade law.

14.   The Chinese would review an end to MFN as tantamount to slapping sanctions on its products.

15.   The decision to suspend fumigation raised concern in the Colombian financial markets that the U.S. might retaliate by slapping economic sanctions on the South American country.

16.   The United States immediately slapped huge sanctions on the country, under a law that had left Clinton virtually no maneuvering room.

17.   The U.S. is also under fire for espousing free trade at the same time as slapping trade sanctions on many foreign companies.

18.   The U.S. has threatened to slap sanctions on China unless the communist nation does more to combat piracy of software, videotapes and other copyrighted material.

19.   Various mechanisms allow states to shield their citizens from prosecution, although the United Nations can slap sanctions on countries that harbor fugitives.

20.   Western nations outraged at the nuclear tests last year slapped sanctions on both sides and have pressured them to sign nonproliferation treaties and make peace.