Dec 8th, 2008 · Israel imposed an economic blockade on Gaza when the radical Islamic group Hamas seized control last year. To bring in goods — from weapons to cigarettes — smugglers are using tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border. Smuggling was once mainly the work of a few people derided as criminals. Hamas now calls it a patriotic duty and business is booming.
Aug 17th, 2008 · Members of the Berlin Airlift, the military operation that brought food, supplies, and goods to West Berlin during the blockade by Moscow in 1948, were honored at the 60th anniversary ceremony in Germany.
Aug 15th, 2008 · Russian troops on Friday continued a blockade of the central Georgian town of Gori, as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the beleaguered country to lend Washington's support and work to help resolve the crisis.
Jan 25th, 2008 · Hamas leaders are claiming a great victory, after thousands of Palestinians stormed across the Gaza border with Egypt, at least temporarily breaking an Israeli-imposed blockade. Egyptian forces are now seeking to restore order, but have failed to stop more security breaches.
Jan 23rd, 2008 · Tens of thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip poured over the border into Egypt after militants toppled huge stretches of a barricade in a divided border town. They bought supplies that have become scarce or too costly after months of a tight Israeli blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza.
Jan 23rd, 2008 · After masked men destroyed much of a seven-mile-long wall that separated the Gaza Strip from the Egyptian town of Rafah, tens of thousands of Palestinians poured across the border. They are seeking supplies made scarce by an Israeli blockade of Gaza.
Nov 1st, 2006 · The speaker of the Iraqi parliament comes close to exchanging blows with another deputy after the legislature fails to renew emergency laws. Meanwhile, Shia in Sadr City celebrated the end of a siege by U.S. and Iraqi government forces, who were searching for a kidnapped American soldier. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered the lifting of the blockade.
Oct 24th, 2006 · More than 10,000 former workers of Coca-Cola's subsidiary in Venezuela are blockading bottling plants in the country. They say a Mexican-based Coke subsidiary owes them a large amount of money in unpaid social benefits.