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VOA NEWS: BUSH FREEZES ASSETS IN CONNECTION WITH DARFUR CONFLICT
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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April 27, 2006
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Meredith Buel
President Bush has issued an executive order freezing the economic assets of people connected to the continuing armed conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. The administration made the move as rallies are being planned across the United States to draw attention to the violence that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced two million others.
In a statement, President Bush says he is taking the action, because the conflict in Darfur threatens the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
The asset freeze is being imposed on four Sudanese identified by the U.N. Security Council as being involved in ...