Treasury officials freeze more assets as part of Libya sanction effort

Treasury Department officials on Tuesday ratcheted up the financial pressure on Libya, freezing the assets of the foreign minister and 16 state-owned entities in a widening of the three-week-old U.S. sanctions effort.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/15/AR2011031505777.html?wprss=rss_world/africa

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