1.   As a result, prosecutors focused on symbolic, subsidiary issues, charging a number of officials with lying to Congress and obstructing congressional inquiries.

2.   A federal investigator accused government regulators of obstructing her inquiry into bogus aircraft parts and said unapproved gear is a growing threat to the safety of airline passengers.

3.   Hearings would also explore charges that Packwood improperly pressed lobbyists to employ his former wife and that he tried to obstruct the inquiry by altering his diaries.

4.   Later, prosecutors said in court papers, Mazzone sought to obstruct the inquiry into the trades by trying to persuade Cassano to testify falsely to the SEC.

5.   Primarily, because Duncan has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge, his intent to obstruct an inquiry can be attributed under the law to the firm itself.

6.   Republicans have accused Democrats of obstructing the inquiry.

7.   The officials also disclosed that the Justice Department was investigating whether a senior FAA official obstructed an inquiry into the use of unauthorized parts.

8.   The team appointed by Annan is scheduled to arrive in Israel Friday, but the Sharon government signaled Wednesday night that Israel may obstruct the inquiry.

9.   Filkin publicly scolded Vaz for obstructing her inquiries into his business dealings, but in March she upheld just one minor complaint against him.

10.   French President Jacques Chirac on Sunday urged Libya not to obstruct judicial inquiries into two airline bombings which Tripoli is accused of masterminding.