1.   The government maintained pressure on the rebels by declaring an exclusion zone around Bougainville and blockading all supplies to the island.

2.   Because of that, the Iraqis also despise an American government that has blockaded supplies and bombarded cities, Farouk said.

3.   Anxious about further inflaming tensions with Moscow, the allies said they were trying to avoid a confrontation at sea over blockading oil supplies to Serbia.

4.   Anxious about inflaming tensions with Moscow further, the allies said they were trying to avoid a confrontation at sea over blockading oil supplies to Serbia.