Word: exportation
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JERUSALEM: The Israeli government has once again sealed the West Bank after a drive-by attack killed two Israeli civilians near the village of Tirosh early Friday. The closure prevents Palestinians from entering Israel for work and restricts the import and export of goods. Israel had reopened the West Bank only three days before after a five-month closure spurred by suicide attacks in Israel last winter. "The feeling in the air here is that people were waiting for the next attack Scot Woods
Kerry pointed to his support of such high-tech friendly programs as Small Business Investment Research (SBIR), the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) and export license reforms...
Some 500,000 Ogonis live in an oil-producing area that many say has been wrecked by pollution from the oil industry, which brings in 90 percent of Nigeria's export earnings...
...campaign to bar American use of land mines had its first significant victory in 1992, when George Bush signed a bill sponsored by Vermont's Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy. The legislation outlawed the export of U.S.-made antipersonnel mines for one year. Later, Leahy succeeded in extending the law through 1997. Then in 1995 he won the votes for a one-year ban on the use of all mines, except along international borders and in demilitarized zones, to take effect in 1999. "Mines are the worst of human depravity," Leahy argued...
...result, for the first time in more than 30 years, American shipyards are building commercial ships for export. Orders for American-made ships are increasing, supporting jobs for thousands of Americans. An industry vital to our national defense is being preserved. With regard to the merchant marine itself, the subsidy program you castigate served its purpose, but it will not be renewed. President Clinton has proposed a new approach, one that costs less, removes restrictions on American operators and promotes competition. A.J. HERBERGER, Administrator U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration Washington