21.   The roadblocks had been lifted only a day earlier as part of the cease-fire deal.

22.   However, Prime Minister Costas Simitis relaxed his stand slightly on Friday agreeing to meet some northern farmers who said they would lift the roadblocks.

23.   A government spokesman told AFP that Hezb had lifted the roadblocks permanently and that the government was holding talks with Hekmatyar.

24.   But hardline Ratsiraka backers have so far refused to hold up their end of the deal and lift the roadblocks, placing the hard-won pact in jeopardy.

25.   Donor countries last week demanded that the roadblocks be lifted.

26.   The military evacuated the Atira district of Ramallah and lifted a roadblock near Tulkarem in the north of the West Bank, the spokesman said.

27.   Police lifted their roadblocks Saturday and allowed farmers back to their vehicles to repair them.

28.   The CNIR said no change in the situation had occurred since Thursday afternoon and there was no sign of any move to lift the roadblocks.

29.   The first roadblock was lifted earlier in the day at the Danish port of Bagenkop near the northern German town of Kiel.

30.   The governors of five Madagascan provinces said in a joint statement they would not lift roadblocks unless the country returns to legality.