All tapes carry clear instructions about a strict embargo until broadcast on Christmas Day.

In response the Hrawi government introduced a series of new measures against Aoun on July 28, including a strict embargo on fuel supplies into his Beirut enclave.

"A short-term, very strict embargo would have done the job, and at the grass-roots level, people still support such a measure."

Those sanctions, which include a strict economic embargo, were imposed after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and have been kept in place ever since, despite protests from the Iraqis.

But illegal logging is threatening the forests, leading to international anxiety and calls for strict embargoes.

You can do that but with the strict embargo that nothing is to appear until we give the go ahead.

The contents of the annual speech have a strict embargo.

But with the strict economic embargo on the country, relief efforts have become an even more essential lifeline.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the strict embargo on publication of the report ordered by the commission.

Another reason for not issuing an earlier alert is that many journals impose strict embargoes on releasing information in papers before publication.