71.   Police commander Arturo Pedroza said the protesters could talk to officials once they lifted the blockade and allowed traffic to pass.

72.   Police on Monday lifted the blockade on the road to her home, which has been in place for most of the past month.

73.   Russian forces lifted their blockade of Mesker-Yurt on Tuesday, allowing residents who had been trapped outside the village during the operation to return.

74.   Ratsiraka also agreed to immediately lift the blockades.

75.   Secessionists partly lifted the blockade Wednesday due food shortages in the town.

76.   Striking Siberian coal miners Tuesday rejected an appeal by the regional governor to lift their blockade of the Trans-Siberian railway.

77.   Soon after, the blockade was lifted.

78.   Striking coal miners lifted rail blockades in central Siberia on Saturday after the government set out terms for paying overdue wages.

79.   Striking coal miners will consider lifting a blockade on the Trans-Siberian railway if the government agrees to immediately pay back wages, union officials said Saturday.

80.   Striking coal miners in Siberia lifted their blockade of the Trans-Siberian railway Sunday after a senior Kremlin official opened talks with strike leaders, news reports said.