1.   Bureaucratic disputes over control of export licenses blocked Russian shipments of platinum and palladium for the first seven months of the year.

2.   But Clinton also said NATO was bent on blocking shipments of oil, which comes primarily from Russia, from reaching Yugoslavia.

3.   Governor Carroll Campbell has also tried to block the shipment, saying other methods of handling the high-level radioactive waste should be explored.

4.   Hodges vowed at that time not to block the shipments, if a judge told him not to, but said his emergency order would remain in effect.

5.   Low water levels prevent the shipment of copper concentrate down the Fly River to the coast and block shipments of diesel needed to power the mine.

6.   Meanwhile, some lawmakers have discussed blocking the shipment of Windows XP for fear that the program may thwart competition.

7.   Much of that money was not spent, they said, since the Bosnian Serbs often blocked relief shipments to Sarajevo.

8.   Palestinian international trade moves through Israeli seaports, where shipments are routinely blocked by security and customs officials.

9.   Three weeks of strikes in late November and December crippled rail transport throughout France, blocking shipments of Peugeot cars to dealers.

10.   Under the legislation, state legal officials would be granted the power to go into federal court to block shipments made illegally into states that bar such transactions.