1.   The airport in Grozny is being closed because a de facto Russian blockade has cut off all but one commercial flight, to Moscow.

2.   The blockade cut off Ramallah from the rest of the West Bank and from Jerusalem, the army spokesman said.

3.   The government adamantly refused to give in to similar demands by farmers last year, when a blockade cut the country in half for nearly two months.

4.   Israeli tank blockades on Thursday cut the Gaza Strip into three parts, the army said.