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UN to add new names to Libya sanctions list

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"The committee will be working on further designations of individuals and entities," he said. Amendments to the list have to be made in the next three weeks. The sanctions committee was set up under UN Security Council resolutions 1970 and 1973 which set out sanctions against the Qadhafi regime for its brutal crackdown on opposition protests and then allowed military action to halt the violence. It has already met to allow one country to use a Libyan-owned jet to bring its nationals out of the conflict-stricken North African state. Cabral said the committee has also been asked to rule on whether a subsidiary of a designated company should be hit by the measures. The European Union and United States have already hit Qadhafi targets with their own sanctions.

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