Sentence examples for blocking roads in the from inspiring English sources

Israel says it has recently removed dozens of dirt mounds blocking roads in the West Bank, as well as one checkpoint, of about 580 roadblocks and checkpoints that dot the territory.

With police blocking roads in the centre of the city, dozens of demonstrators gathered at a venue less than a mile from the parliament building yesterday to press the Indian government to ensure the security of women.

The origins of the attack on the Warrior, they say, lay in events the previous day when about 200 members of the al-Mahdi Army, a militia headed by the radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, made a show of force in Basra, blocking roads in the city and demanding the release of their local commanders.

Deputy interior minister Rodolfo Illanes had gone to talk to small-scale miners who were blocking roads in the town of Panduro, about 100 miles (160 km) from the capital La Paz, on Thursday morning.

As late as August 5, yet another aftershock of 6.1 Ms (6.2 Mw according to USGS) hit Qingchuan, Sichuan, causing 1 death, 32 injuries, telecommunication interruptions, and widespread hill slides blocking roads in the area including a national highway.

The police had blocked roads in the area because of downed power lines.

Hezbollah loyalists quickly blocked roads in the capital with burning tires, including the crucial road to the airport.

Truck drivers in eight cities went on strike and university students threw rocks, burned tires and blocked roads in the capital.

The police arrested 44 people after rioters smashed windows and blocked roads in the central city of Isfahan in protest against water shortages, according to press reports.

Pakistani officials said the helicopter crew might have seen a blast from dynamite being used to clear blocked roads in the area.

For those who have survived the floods, help has been slow to arrive as blocked roads in the affected areas, particularly in the Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts, have cut off villages from the rest of the state.