Russian officials accused the commission of blocking the work for purely political purposes.
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt did not exclude military action if Iraq blocked the work of United Nations weapons inspectors.
A pro-democracy politician, Nebojsa Covic, said Mr. Milosevic's Socialists were trying to "block the work of judiciary and police".
The situation has become so absurd that Mr Yushchenko is trying to block the work of the cabinet, half of which he chose.
But many countries are loth to follow suit.Opponents of change have been reluctant to identify themselves, preferring to block the work of little-known committees.
Contribute with Guardian Witness Human rights campaigners are warning of a global threat to civil society as scores of governments pass laws to block the work of NGOs, often alleging that their activities challenge the state.
So Mr Obama seemed to take no risks in making this one of his chief tests of success as a president.Politicians representing about a tenth of the population can block the work of CongressBy the beginning of this year, success looked close.
If 41 senators can block a bill, and if they all happen to come from the least-populated states, politicians representing about a tenth of the population can block the work of Congress.Still, Rule XXII has been on the Senate's books for almost a century.
The 2-to-1 decision by a panel of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia overturned a judge's decision in October that blocked the work at the request of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Two years ago, the proposed $50 million project, Over The River, stirred controversy when environmental students at Denver University sued to block the work, concerned that the drilling of 9,100 holes in the ground would severely impact the region's natural ecosystem.
