1.   After the Taliban took control of the city, a total blockade was imposed, making road travel and radio communication impossible, it said.

2.   Although Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa spoke of a total blockade on raw materials, a Rwandan official was more circumspect.

3.   He called for a total blockade of the town Monday.

4.   Israel on Friday re-imposed the total blockade of the territories after Palestinian militants shot dead an Israeli man and his daughter-in-law inside the Jewish state.

5.   A Hong Kong China-backed newspaper also suggested that in future exercises China might extend its missile target zones to achieve a total blockade of the island.

6.   Belgrade announced a total blockade against the Bosnian Serbs after they rejected the latest international plan to end the two-and-a-half year Bosnian conflict.

7.   The total blockade on the West Bank that was imposed on Friday is to be lifted at dawn on Monday, a spokesman for the Israeli military said Sunday.

8.   Israel clamped a total blockade on the West Bank and Gaza Strip after the shooting.

9.   Russia now maintains an almost total blockade of the breakaway region, which the Abkhaz say has led to conditions of near starvation.

10.   The move could help avoid the terrible suffering endured by thousands of cold and starving Kabulis during a total blockade of the city last winter, they added.