21. Protesters blocked roads with burning barricades and clashed with police in unrest that evoked memories of years of rioting by blacks against apartheid. 22. Protesters blocked some highways in northern Ecuador and several roads in Quito, the capital, burning tires and setting up makeshift barricades. 23. Protesters blocked the door to the building and refused to allow Riga Mayor Andris Berzins and municipal police head Martins Andersons inside to discuss the eviction. 24. Protesters repeatedly blocked traffic at key intersections. 25. Police reported that Protestant protesters had blocked key roads in at least six other towns in Northern Ireland. 26. A spokeswoman for Exxon Chemical Holland, which belongs to Exxon Corp., said the protesters blocked access to delivery trucks, but it was a peaceful demonstration. 27. An altercation broke out as officers tried to get a truck through an intersection the protesters had blocked. 28. Another, slightly shorter route to Gorleben, through the town of Splietau, was effectively blocked by protesters. 29. At several places, protesters blocked roads and burned tires. 30. Beauport said protesters had blocked the main road from Port-au-Prince with burning tires a few kilometers away, near Grand-Goave. |