11.   Police stretched rolls of spikes to puncture car tires across sidewalks on the approach to the consulate and blocked roads with their cars Friday night.

12.   Police arrested dozens of pro-democracy activists and blocked roads leading toward a rally scheduled for Tuesday to demand an end to military rule.

13.   Police arrested pro-democracy activists and blocked roads leading toward a rally scheduled for Tuesday to demand an end to the military rule.

14.   Angry mobs set fire to tires, blocked roads and demanded police arrest the killers.

15.   Blocked roads and bad weather have hampered efforts to retrieve some of the bodies, said Eri Rachmat, a district official.

16.   Blocked roads and railways and inundated factories made it impossible for suppliers to deliver parts, spokesman Franco Sodano said.

17.   Blocked roads hampered the rescue efforts.

18.   Blocked roads kept people from receiving food supplies from neighboring areas or taking their sick to Kabul, the capital, for treatment.

19.   Blocked roads prevented rescuers from responding to calls for help, and the upscale Conquistador Resort which overlooks the sea in Fajardo sustained extensive damage.

20.   But problems with blocked roads are an afterthought when aid agencies have encountered difficulties even getting their supplies into the country.