1.   The Lisbon Government tried to avoid bloodshed by starving out the rebels and blockading the island.

2.   Many deaths are due to malnutrition or lack of medicines since the government blockaded the island to hamper rebel infiltration.

3.   The island has been blockaded for years by the Papua New Guinea government, preventing food and medicines from being imported.

4.   He noted that China at the moment had insufficient means to invade Taiwan but could still use its missiles to blockade the island.

5.   Seventeen Japanese vessels blockaded the islands during a two hour standoff but no serious incidents were reported.

6.   Seventeen Japanese vessels blockaded the islands during a two hour standoff.