11.   At a press conference, strike leader Jon Mikel Abellaneda of the National Truckers Association warned that unless the government yielded to their demands road blocks would be increased.

12.   Authorities have insisted the government did not yield.

13.   But Barak suggested that his government would not yield.

14.   But Barak, the foreign minister, suggested his government would not yield until its objectives had been reached.

15.   But Barak suggested his government would not yield.

16.   But Barak, the foreign minister, suggested that his government would not yield until its objectives had been reached.

17.   But Israeli Foreign Minister Ehud Barak suggested that his government would not yield until its objectives had been reached.

18.   In a statement Monday, Juppe said the French government would not yield to the separatists in its efforts to secure Corsica.

19.   Jalandoni said he hoped the government would yield on the demand within a few days.

20.   This was interpreted as meaning the government would yield to the police demands, so the union board extended the deadline indefinitely.