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Analysis: Outlook for tough Iran sanctions is dim

November 20, 2009 By The Associated Press ROBERT BURNS (AP National Security Writer)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties appears dim.

Equally problematic is finding a set of sanctions that would have a significant impact on the prime target of American and international worry: Iran's suspected pursuit of an atom bomb. Three...

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