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Treasury Sanctions Syrian Bank To Add Economic Pressure
yahoo.com 1 day, 7 hours agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Syria International Islamic Bank in an attempt to limit the Bashar al-Assad government's access to the global financial system. The bank, which has 20 branches and three offices in Syria, helped another blacklisted financial institution, Commercial Bank of Syria, evade Western government sanctions, the U.S. Treasury said. Syria International Islamic Bank's assets in the United States will be frozen and U.S. firms and individuals are now p
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Cannes, Day 4: No Hooray For Hollywood!
chicagotribune.com 1 week, 4 days agoScreening this morning at Cannes as part of the festival's main competition slate, director John Hillcoat's "Lawless"stars Shia LeBeouf and Tom Hardy as Prohibition-era bootleggers whose rural Virginia livelihood is threatened by a bad wind from Chicago, a lawman played by Guy Pearce with the most frightening center-parted hair in recent film history.
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