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Sir Jim told them Ms Booth could continue her surgical career because she had not been sanctioned by the GMC or by an internal HR investigation.

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The captain of an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet" of vessels used to evade sanctions has been charged by French authorities.

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"They will ask ANO to stop supporting Ukraine, to end the Czech ammunition initiative, to oppose sanctions against Russia."

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"The most effective sanctions – the ones that work the fastest – are the fires at Russia's oil refineries, its terminals, oil depots," the Ukrainian leader said in a September address.

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French soldiers have boarded an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet", used to evade sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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