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Another eminent Ingush civil society activist, Maksharip Aushev, was killed at a roadblock by unnamed armed men in October 2009.

Vehicles entering suburbs known to be restive at night were being checked by up to six times at a single roadblock by police officers, the businessman said.

Maria Kirilenko vs. Laura Robson: Robson, the only British player beside Andy Murray considered a plausible threat to reach the second week, was dealt an immediate roadblock by the draw, facing No. 10 Maria Kirilenko in the opening round.

Similarly, a roadblock by the Florida Highway Patrol near a predominantly black precinct just outside Tallahassee raised the ire of some African-American voters who saw it as intimidating.

The story of an Israeli chicken farmer stopped at a roadblock by a Palestinian border guard who was once his employee, Ms. Liphshitz's film uses this encounter to illuminate the absurdities of the Israeli-Palestinian predicament.

Stories abound of cabbies taking fares to parts unknown before shaking them down.An early morning drive on the road from Lagos island to the mainland revealed improvised tyre spikes in the road and a freshly incinerated minivan on the shoulder ahead evidence of a late-night roadblock by area toughs.

Random roadblocks by the police looking for drugs would be forbidden.

Cameron claims that this only carries on what Tony Blair and Alan Milburn began – until roadblocked by Gordon Brown.

And thousands of his supporters defied government curfews and military roadblocks, by abandoning their cars and hiking for hours to reach the remote border post to see him.

Relatives, workers and ordinary people began to come toward the mine, some dodging the police roadblocks by crossing fields and streams.

Roadblocks by unhappy farmers and unemployed workers have sprung up around Argentina in recent weeks and may yet have a serious impact on the economy.