101.   The economic blockade is crippling the economy of the tiny nation, with fuel severely rationed and factories having to lay off workers.

102.   The foreign ministry spokesman said North Koreans blamed food shortages on economic blockades.

103.   The economic blockade was lifted at midnight, the Greek government said in a communique, one day earlier than expected.

104.   The economic blockade was lifted at midnight, the Greek government said in a communique.

105.   The economy of the former Soviet republic is in catastrophic shape, partly because of an economic blockade by Azerbaijan.

106.   The encounter was the latest event in what Abkhaz say is a tightening economic blockade meant to strangle their independence bid.

107.   The military government in Burundi, isolated from its African neighbours by an economic blockade, warned Tuesday of widespread famine and a humanitarian catastrophe if the sanctions continue.

108.   The Kurdish administration in northern Iraq on Tuesday accused Baghdad of intensifying an economic blockade on the north amid the talks in New York.