61.   While the United States, Japan and Canada slapped immediate sanctions on Pakistan and India for the tests, many other governments declined to follow suit.

62.   For most observers late Tuesday, with the final hours of a US ultimatum to slap sanctions ticking away, the result remained too close to call.

63.   He said that if the Serbs do not carry out their part of the bargain, then tough economic sanctions could be slapped again on Belgrade.

64.   Instead, Chinese officials have all but dared Washington to proceed with its threat of slapping sanctions worth up to one billion dollars on Chinese goods.

65.   Ethiopia and Eritrea also seem eager to see sanctions slapped on their neighbor which they accuse of destabilization efforts.

66.   Egypt expelled three Sudanese diplomats from Cairo after the UN slapped diplomatic sanctions on Sudan.

67.   The president also railed against the European Union, which slapped personal sanctions on Mugabe after withdrawing its observer mission from Zimbabwe last month.

68.   The spokesman also said Tokyo had doubts about US proposals to slap sanctions against nations accused of sponsoring terrorism -- Iran, Iraq, Libya and Sudan.

69.   The sanctions were slapped on Burundi after Buyoya seized power in a bloodless coup in September.

70.   The tough-worded statement came amid a stepped up campaign by the United States to get European countries to slap sanctions against Nigeria.