1.   As the blockade continued, scores of bored and frustrated truckers waited in Toamasina, sleeping in their cabs as they have for weeks.

2.   But Andrzej Lepper, head of the radical Self Defense union, said after the meeting that the government refused to meet his demands and the blockades would continue.

3.   But Lepper, head of the radical Self Defense union, said after the meeting that the government refused to meet his demands and the blockades would continue.

4.   But with a court injunction threatening heavy fines if the blockade continued, Greenpeace abandoned its action later Sunday.

5.   He said the blockades would continue at least until Monday unless the government fully complied with his demands.

6.   It was not immediately clear how long the blockade would continue or the extent to which it was preventing the shipment of goods.

7.   One labor leader, Armando Galdanez, said the blockades would continue until the government meets their demands.

8.   Schuessel and Zeman are to meet again in late November, although the Czech later threatened he would halt talks over the plant should the blockades continue.

9.   The blockade continued past nightfall, but no violence was reported.

10.   The ministers had walked out on Wednesday, saying they would not meet with striking farmers while the illegal blockades continue.