1.   Demonstrators choked major routes here and blockaded rural highways in several provinces using burning tires.

2.   Earlier in the week, protesters in Nakhodka blockaded a highway to protest electricity reductions and the Defense Ministry warned about shortages on military bases.

3.   The program seemed to work until September, when frustrated Indians took to the streets and blockaded major highways, paralyzing the country and leading to bloody clashes.

4.   Will striking truck drivers blockade the highways leading to Paris and French Mediterranean resorts, causing enormous traffic jams?

5.   Police and guardsmen fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of jobless workers who blockaded highways in the capital Wednseday.

6.   Police and national guardsmen fired tear gas Wednesday at hundreds of jobless protesters trying to blockade highways around the capital.

7.   As part of the planned protest, Indians had threatened to blockade highways to paralyze traffic and keep farm produce from reaching the cities.

8.   Demonstrators blockaded highways in scattered protests across recession-strapped Argentina on Tuesday, with groups of unemployed demanding jobs.

9.   His supporters were pleased by his release but angered by the conviction, and continued blockading the highway Friday evening.

10.   Hooded picketers tried to blockade highways around the capital.