51.   For years, cargo ships and traditional Arabian dhows have violated U.N. sanctions by carrying Iraqi oil through Iranian waters to middlemen in Gulf states.

52.   He himself defied sanctions by flying to Niger, Nigeria and Egypt.

53.   He referred to growing opposition to the sanctions by Qatar and Oman following visits to the two Gulf states last week by Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Sahhaf.

54.   His administration is also considering measures to tighten existing sanctions by stopping American firms from buying or trading in Iranian crude oil and petroleum products.

55.   If Japan does retaliate, that would fit the classic definition of a trade war in which sanctions by one country are met by counter-retaliation by the other nation.

56.   In December, the council tightened the sanctions by imposing an arms embargo on the Taliban and requiring the closure of all Taliban offices outside Afghanistan.

57.   In Washington, State Department spokesman James Rubin said sanctions by individual states or cities could hurt U.S.-Swiss relations and urged continued negotiations.

58.   Indiana point guard Tom Coverdale, who faces his second alcohol-related charge this year, has been placed under sanctions by interim Hoosiers coach Mike Davis.

59.   Iraq accused the United States on Saturday of trying to pressure U.N. members into agreeing that Baghdad violated sanctions by flying pilgrims to Islamic holy places in Saudi Arabia.

60.   In their communique the foreign ministers also affirmed their strong opposition to the use of trade sanctions by Western nations to punish countries that violate human rights.