71.   He accused the Irish government of blocking progress on this issue.

72.   He promoted the idea of flexibility to favour youth employment, urging unions to cease blocking progress with their defence of rights of those in work.

73.   His deputy, Said Kamal, echoed this position and accused the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of blocking progress in the peace process.

74.   However Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh earlier accused Saudi Arabia of blocking progress in the talks and dismissed talk of concessions by Riyadh.

75.   A four-party committee on Palestinian refugees wrapped up its first meeting in more than a year on Monday with the Palestinians accusing Israel of blocking progress in the talks.

76.   Afghan troops under the guidance of US military advisers also launched a ground offensive, but soldiers on the ground told AFP their progress was blocked by heavy resistance.

77.   Because of rules requiring a consensus, any single country can block progress towards agreement on an issue which could cause it embarrassment.

78.   Bemba said he expected the RCD to attend, but added that he expected them to block all progress over the representation issue.

79.   Both sides have publicly accused each other of blocking progress.

80.   British Prime Minister John Major last week said Britain would block progress on EU laws in a bid to force the adoption of a timetable.