41.   The United States and Britain carried out the airstrikes after U.N. inspectors accused Baghdad of obstructing their efforts to find Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

42.   He threatened an international travel ban on any official who continued to obstruct efforts to stabilise the situation in the divided city.

43.   Abu Bakar Said, deputy Johor police chief said the Seri Gunung Pulai river was full of mud and logs and was obstructing rescue efforts.

44.   Jennifer Harbury, the widow of a Guatemalan rebel, filed suit Friday against senior CIA officials for obstructing her efforts to discover the fate of her husband.