31.   Last week, accounting giant KPMG accused former officials of the troubled high-tech firm of obstructing its efforts to audit the company by giving false information.

32.   Ruiz Massieu was named to lead the probe of the killing but resigned a month later, accusing ruling party members of obstructing his effort.

33.   Russian authorities have stopped all aid convoys into Chechnya for three days after increasingly obstructing humanitarian efforts, said a Red Cross official.

34.   Russian authorities have stopped all aid convoys into Chechnya for three days after increasingly obstructing humanitarian efforts, a Red Cross official said Wednesday.

35.   Some school administrators have also obstructed efforts to solve the drug abuse problem for fear of tarnishing the image of their schools.

36.   The group, part of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, identifies countries that obstruct efforts to fight money laundering.

37.   The Financial Action Task Force, part of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, identifies countries that obstruct efforts to fight money laundering.

38.   The government had continued to obstruct the efforts to collect transports for the long march, it said.

39.   The officials complain the Bosnian Serb member of the presidency, Momcilo Krajisnik, has obstructed efforts to implement the peace plan and openly oppose his re-election.

40.   The task force, largely by examining national financial sector laws, is charged with identifying countries that obstruct efforts to fight money laundering.