Sentence examples for authorities blocking from inspiring English sources

But by 1950 the Arabian peninsula was becoming closed to him, with the Saudi and Omani authorities blocking further travel.

With the authorities blocking text-messaging on cellphones, Twitter has become a handy alternative for information-hungry Iranians.

Litvinenko's death in November 2006 caused a major diplomatic row between London and Moscow, leading to the Russian authorities blocking the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, the man British prosecutors accuse of killing him.

This fall, Mr. Cable used his legal powers to refer a $12.4 billion Murdoch bid to take over 100 percent of BSkyB to Britain's competition authorities, blocking the deal pending a finding on whether the takeover would overly concentrate media ownership.

The internet is also heavily filtered in Iran, with the authorities blocking access to popular social networking sites.

There were several reports this morning about Turkish authorities blocking most if not all Google services, but it turns out there's some confusion on the matter.

Authorities blocked the site two years later.

On Friday, authorities blocked a relief convoy without explanation.

The authorities blocked another Our Ukraine forum in November in Donetsk.

The authorities blocked off the street for about an hour Saturday night, he said.

It is not clear why the Beijing authorities blocked the visit to Hong Kong.