61.   Military spokesman Munasinghe said security forces had effectively blocked all key Tiger supply routes between Jaffna and the rest of the northern mainland following the latest army drive.

62.   Russian security forces also blocked surrounding streets.

63.   Russian forces immediately blocked off the area and refused to allow access for journalists.

64.   Russian forces immediately blocked off the area and refused to allow journalists access.

65.   Russian forces then blocked their path to the breakaway republic, where the Chechens had vowed to release the hostages once in rebel-held territory.

66.   Separatist Serb forces blocked a convoy of French UN peacekeepers from crossing the Bosnian border into Croatia early Saturday, a French UN battalion spokesman told AFP.

67.   Security forces blocked off the area where the blast occurred.

68.   Security forces blocked off two access roads to a campus housing three universities, a measure that proved sufficient to stop students from coming out.

69.   Security forces swiftly blocked off the area where the blast occurred and dozens of ambulances and fire vehicles were on the scene.

70.   Serb forces blocked the entry of these trucks on Friday night.