1.   Gas supplies via North Ossetia, blocked since May, would resume.

2.   Democrats blocked the passage of campaign legislation when they controlled Congress, and Republicans have blocked it since.

3.   A second account, which also has been blocked since last month, remains frozen, said the prosecutors office.

4.   Access roads leading to the French embassy had been blocked off since Sunday.

5.   Access roads leading to the French embassy had been blocked off since Sunday, and the issue has strained relations between the Republic of Congo and France.

6.   All roads to the city had been blocked since Wednesday, when students took to the streets to demand the reopening of schools.

7.   At Drumcree church, where the marchers had been blocked since Sunday, troops began opening barricades Thursday afternoon.

8.   Belgian meat exports have been blocked since Friday pending approval from the EU for a series of measures proposed by the Belgium government.

9.   During a closed-door meeting, chief inspector Rolf Ekeus told the council that his team gave up trying to reach the site which the Iraqis had blocked since Tuesday.

10.   Gen. Riza Kucukogul, meeting in the street with Alawite representatives, also persuaded them to reopen roads they had blocked since Monday.