1.   The blockade has crippled the local economy.

2.   The blockades crippled traffic in many parts of Athens and the northern port city of Salonica and seriously disrupted road transport elsewhere in the country.

3.   Reports from Bujumbura say the economic blockade is crippling the economy of the tiny nation, with fuel severely rationed and factories having to lay off workers.

4.   Reports from Burundi say the blockade is crippling the economy, which was already in tatters.

5.   The blockade has crippled the Palestinian economy.

6.   The economic blockade is crippling the economy of the tiny nation, with fuel severely rationed and factories having to lay off workers.