41.   Angered by the killing of a party leader, thousands of governing party supporters blocked a highway for five hours.

42.   Army Col. German Ayala had said troops would move Monday evening to remove trucks that for the past five days have blocking the highway in northeast Colombia.

43.   At least two mudslides, one blocking a highway, were blamed on heavy rain in the eastern part of the state.

44.   At one point, the human chain buckled and temporarily blocked the highway when a late group of protesters had trouble finding their assigned place.

45.   Both trucks ended up on the wrong sides of the road, blocking the highway entirely.

46.   But protest leaders left little room for bargaining, vowing to block the highway until the government abandons plans to cede the territory.

47.   But the conflict emboldened many peasant and Indian groups, who have repeatedly seized lands, blocked highways and taken over city halls to press their demands.

48.   But they were unable Tuesday to stop farmers from driving across fields to block the highway.

49.   Coca growers have blocked highways with rocks to protest a decree banning the commercialization of coca, a traditional Andean plant used to make cocaine.

50.   Colombian rebels block major highways, kidnap commuters, attack electric tower.