1.   As if to demonstrate the point, French farmers blocked two ports on the English Channel on Friday so that ferries from England could not disgorge their passengers.

2.   After fishermen blocked many ports for days, the Agriculture Ministry on Thursday promised to offset the rising costs of their fuel.

3.   At midnight Tuesday, truckers blocked the port in Esbjerg and barred trucks with Danish export goods from embarking on England-bound ferries.

4.   But they have had little success as opposition activists blocked ports, highway traffic and disrupted movement of trains.

5.   French ferry workers protesting the end of duty-free shopping and the hiring of cheap labor went on strike Friday, blocking two ports that lead to England.

6.   French ferry workers protesting the end of duty-free shopping and the hiring of cheap labor went on strike Friday, blocking two ports where boats leave for England.

7.   French fisherman blocked northern ports for a second day Wednesday, but courts ordered them to end their protest that stranded hundreds of truckers and diverted car ferries.

8.   French union workers recently blocked English Channel ports in similar protests.

9.   French fisherman blocked northern ports for a second day Wednesday and persuaded the government to meet with them as their protest stranded hundreds of truckers and diverted car ferries.

10.   In June, Spanish fishermen blocked several ports to trucks carrying fish and produce from the northwestern African country to protest delays in reaching a new treaty.