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tighten the screws. since then, the us, uk, eu, along with countries including australia, canada and japan have imposed more than the 16,500 sanctions on russia. and just last week, the us and uk imposed a tough new raft of measures. their main target has been russia's money, freezing foreign currency reserves and bank deposits. they have also banned exports of technology for making weapons, banned flights and restricted wealthy business people linked with the kremlin. russia's oil industry has also been another major target. despite the export controls, russia seems to have continue...

since then, the us, uk, eu, along with countries including australia, canada and japan have imposed more than the 16,500 sanctions on russia. and just last week, the us and uk imposed a tough new raft of measures. their main target has been russia's money, freezing foreign currency reserves and bank deposits. they have also banned exports of technology for making weapons, banned flights and restricted wealthy business people linked with the kremlin. russia's oil industry has also been another major target. despite the export controls, russia seems to have continued to be able to fund...

For the past couple of weeks, and they have really been pushing for some level, low-level engagement with the north koreans because obviously there is much at stake. i want to give you a little context, katie. there's a lot of emotional baggage that's going into this, into this olympics because in 2002 the world cup in south korea resulted in some -- in a deadly confrontation at sea between north and south korea, and that's something that they really have not forgotten obviously. and they're so worried that now with tensions even higher than they were back then, that any kind of, you know, mis...

Affect the public policy in iran. >> you know, we were at a rally for jalili who may win the presidency, and they were chanting when the nuclear program came out, death to america, death to israel. they were very friendly to me, but that was the platform and people were onboard. and when i asked regular people, are the sanctions working, are they making you want to negotiate, here's what they said. >> translator: once science is learned, science cannot be unlearned. >> translator: resistance and also progress. that's what we want, and we will persist until the verient. >> what does that say to...

extensive and exclusive interview with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at his home, and we're going to bring that to you in full in just a few moments. but first, voters tonight went to the poll in five states. it was a very big night for mitt romney. new york, connecticut, pennsylvania, delaware and rhode island, ballots were cast and there was a victor, and the general election has begun. it was a very big night for mitt romney. just moments ago he talked to supporters and talked about his democratic rival. >> four years ago, barack obama dazzled us in front of greek ...