11.   Officials said public indifference, missing historical documents and criminals blocking access to some sites also have impeded their work.

12.   Reporters crowded narrow tunnels dug to pull out survivors, impeding rescue work.

13.   The dispute has been a thorn in bilateral relations and often impeded European Union work.

14.   The motion warned Iraq the Security Council would impose a travel ban on certain Iraqi officials if the Baghdad government continued to impede the work of U.N. inspectors.

15.   The Law Council of Australia also called on the government not to impede the work of international observers attending the trial.

16.   The United States and Britain launched the mid-December bombings, saying Iraq had impeded the work of U.N. arms inspectors mandated to uncover its suspected weapons of mass destruction.

17.   With mounting solid waste, lack of space and funds and, more seriously, expertise and skilled manpower is impeding their work.