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Bush also said Thursday that King Hussein assured him Jordan would close the last remaining free port to most Iraqi trade as the economic embargo on materials to Iraq continued unabated .
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Kuchma assured Yeltsin that Ukraine would not join NATO , Yeltsin's spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembsky said , according to the Interfax news agency.
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They also worry that if the government applies asset-forfeiture laws broadly, the best defense lawyers will be unwilling to take criminal cases unless they are assured of being paid .