1.   Oil crises, fuel shortages, street blockades and protests, currency woes, paralyzed governments, excessive taxes.

2.   Another trial in Warsaw over a street blockade he organized in July has been adjourned temporarily to seek more witnesses.

3.   German police battled hundreds of violent May Day protesters in Berlin, using water cannon to break up burning street blockades and arresting several dozen leftists.

4.   He apologized to the public for the inconveniences of the street blockades and hoped people would understand why the action was taken.

5.   In Berlin, police used water cannons to break up street blockades, arresting several dozen leftists.

6.   Nine protesters were beaten by Israeli soldiers trying to stop the crowd from erecting street blockades of burning tires.

7.   Nine protesters were beaten Wednesday by Israeli soldiers trying keep the crowd at bay and stop it from erecting street blockades of burning tires.

8.   Talks between the European Union and Latin American nations opened Monday amid labor union threats to disrupt the meeting with a street blockade.