Attempts to lift the ban on Americans travelling to the island have bogged down.
Russian lawmakers rejected a petition urging them to lift the ban on Monday.
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He will invest in the energy technologies of tomorrow and lift the ban on drilling for America's offshore oil today.
Congress should lift the ban on federal funding for UPI research, and we should better inform patients about the benefits of UPIs.
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The Boy Scouts of America voted to lift the ban on gay youth serving as scouts, but they wanted to keep the ban.
Retail analysts who expect the settlement to lift the ban on surcharging caution that there could be requirements concerning how merchants can impose surcharges.
Like the Southern Baptists, the Assemblies of God considers homosexuality immoral and has urged the Boy Scouts not to lift the ban on gays.
It now wants to lift the ban on trading rhino horn but not actually to sell any until it finds ways of controlling the trade.
The EU Agriculture Commissioner has told BBC News Online he hopes there will be agreement to lift the ban on most British beef exports by Christmas.
Last April, the New York Times reported, a new law was passed that requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to lift the ban on mass advertising of private offerings.
Pete Riley from campaign group GM Freeze says the Commission is under pressure from the US and the World Trade Organisation to lift the ban on the technology.
It is an open secret that the ageing King Abdullah would like to lift the ban on women driving but he is afraid of the backlash this would cause amongst the clerics.
Though an Obama administration won't try to lift the ban on drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the next president will allow the removal of more and more barriers to offshore drilling.
While much media attention focused on the Bush administration's attempt to lift the ban on offshore drilling, his signature energy policy will surely be seen by history in terms of scope and scale, the billions directed at corn-based ethanol.
Writers and painters seem to pick up the gauntlet only when pushed to the wall or when under a spotlight (why did a petition by India's writers to the government to lift the ban on The Satanic Verses come 23 years after the book was banned?).
Implement the lift in the ban on general solicitation for small businesses without delay.
"In this sense we welcome the news, but the lift of the ban only on provisional licence holders simply does not go far enough, " she said.
Conservatives are limbering up for a battle to lift the longstanding ban on religious education in public schools.
Still, last week, Jakarta seemed set to break a pledge to lift the export ban on crude palm oil.
This opinion piece was written for NPR by six scientists concerning efforts to lift the international ban on the ivory trade.
It also asked Libyan authorities to lift the ban imposed on the media, to open communications and telephone networks and to ensure the delivery of emergency medical aid to the wounded.
And thanks to bipartisan action to lift the entry ban on persons living with HIV, we were proud to welcome leaders from around the world to the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.
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While no proposal to lift the ban is on the table at next week's Cites meeting in Bangkok, the South African government is said to be investigating the issue and says that discussions in the Thai capital will guide their position.
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This poses further delays for Vale should Beijing lift the current prevailing ban on the vessels.
Only a month before Mr. Zelaya was deposed, Mr. Insulza led the effort to lift the OAS membership ban on Cuba.
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Fernando said that the Sri Lankan Government's decision on Wednesday to lift its ban on the Tamil Tiger rebel movement marked an important step.
The report also states that the Gaelic Athletic Association should lift its ban on members of the security forces joining that organisation.
The Tory party tabled a motion to lift the Westminster government's ban on sales of beef on the bone.
Bolivian President Evo Morales, who is also the head of Bolivia's coca growing union, had campaigned hard to get the UN to reverse what he called a "historic wrong" and lift its longstanding ban on the chewing of coca leaves.
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India's Tamil Nadu state has been ordered by a court to lift a ban on the screening of a film which has been denounced by Muslim groups.
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