Under international pressure, Saudi Arabia partially lifted the blockade, and the first aid shipments since the blockade arrived last week.
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The opening would ease the 11-year-old blockade of Gaza, he said, adding that the border protests would continue until the blockade was entirely lifted.
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The blockade has had disastrous effects on Gaza's economy: the Strip's gross domestic product (GDP) has fallen by 50 percent since the blockade was put in place in 2007.
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Last week, the Bulgarian road carriers have already staged a counter-blockade after the Greek protesters failed to keep a promise to lift their blockade for a few hours a day.
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Trump said on Thursday he was considering a quarantine or blockade of Venezuela, although he did not elaborate at the time on when or how such a blockade would be imposed.
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Saudis blockade Qatar Two weeks after Trump's trip to Riyadh, the Saudis led an Arab blockade of gas-rich Qatar, closing all border crossings and cutting off air and sea travel.
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This comes amid the months-old Saudi-led blockade against Qatar, and flies in the face of Saudi Arabia's demand that Qatar restrict its ties with Iran before the blockade be lifted.
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Dramatic actionTrump said on Thursday he was considering a quarantine or blockade of Venezuela, although he did not elaborate at the time on when or how such a blockade would be imposed.
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"Lifting the blockade is essential to advancing this," he said.
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But the protests have not succeeded in easing the blockade.
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The de facto blockade is exacting a dire humanitarian toll.
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"The humanitarian impact of the blockade is real," he said.
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A naval blockade or quarantine will not produce direct results.
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The blockade has brought severe economic hardship to the territory.
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They can call it a barricade, blockade, bulwark, or deterrent.
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Palestinians should not have to live under occupation and blockade.
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The driver pointed to the road blockade, already in sight.
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Although the blockade later eased, Yemen's situation has remained dire.
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The blockade also drew strong criticism from the United States.
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Qatar is now seeking compensation for damages from the blockade.
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The country's vast wealth cushioned the blow of the blockade.
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But since the blockade began, Abotaleb had taught himself tricks.
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The blockade largely succeeded, with little aid entering the country.
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Trump has publicly alluded to a naval blockade of Venezuela.
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In international law, a blockade is an act of war.
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He fired the DSS chief within hours of the blockade.
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The de facto blockade has exacted a dire humanitarian toll.
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Democrats say they won't be deterred by the administration's blockade.
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The war and blockade have also thwarted Yemen's vaccination programs.
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In the past week, Saudi Arabia has indicated that it's taking steps toward a partial lift of the blockade, but humanitarian organizations say it's not enough, and want Riyadh to lift the blockade entirely.
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Three days after the blockade began, Raven operatives hacked her iPhone.
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But Guaidó's highly publicized push to break Maduro's blockade on Feb.
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In fact, the country relaxed some visa restrictions after the blockade.
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Experts said the measures vastly expanded the U.S. blockade against Pyongyang.
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Children will die, one year without salaries and now a blockade.
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But last year four Arab countries imposed a blockade on Qatar.
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But if the blockade continues, Saudis might be barred from attending.
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If the blockade of Gaza persists, they will surely try again.
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The French blockade is one reason for the growing build-up.
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Israel and Egypt say the blockade is necessary for security reasons.
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Even the more limited blockade has created a cycle of suffering.
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The highway later reopened after protesters removed a blockade, officials said.
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The Sharara blockade was the latest in a series of disputes.
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"She would have been a state of the art blockade runner."
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Why is the Saudi government leading this economic blockade of Qatar?
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Vynohrodsky did not say when they planned to expand the blockade.
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No one appeared to have survived the Turkish blockade in Cizre.
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Al Thani said the blockade on Qatar is harming that fight.
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Young boy standing in front of police officers at a blockade.
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Gazans are seeking to end years of an Israeli-led blockade.
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The blockade would have been part of the response to Gov.
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Kobani's problem now is inflation and the blockade imposed by Turkey.
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Saudi Arabia responded to the incident with a blockade of Yemen.
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Qatar remains under blockade by the allied countries in the Gulf.
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Mr. Ali, the law student, chose to remain under the blockade.
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Until the blockade, the border processed 40% of Qatar's food imports.
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Gaza is also under a naval blockade by the Israeli navy.
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And I can tell you that The Blockade is not unusual.
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He counts a few boats that have sailed past The Blockade.
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"But the blockade has been pretty damn effective," Mr. Hagerman said.
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Discussing ways to end the blockade was not on the agenda.
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The maritime blockade in place since 2015 could then be lifted.
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On Friday the road was clear as they abandoned the blockade.
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The interior minister, Arsen Avakov, has condemned the blockade as illegal.
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In international law, a blockade amounts to an act of war.
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Trump has credited that message as the cause for the blockade.
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It proved a tremendously effective "reverse blockade" of the Australian coast.
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But there were no signs of major breaches in the blockade.
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Egypt has always been a partner in the blockade of Gaza.
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But "Blockade Billy" has a secret, and things get dark fast.
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Every day that passes in Gaza under the blockade is haunting.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian truckers will stage another counter-blockade at all checkpoints on the country's border with Greece if Greek protesters do not end their own blockade by Monday, the Bulgarian transport minister said on Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates made closing Al Jazeera one of their demands when they began the blockade of Qatar in June 2017; that demand has not been met, and the blockade is ongoing.
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In southern France, riot police officers dismantled a blockade at a refinery in Fos-sur-Mer on Tuesday, and a second blockade, at a refinery in Douchy-les-Mines in northern France, was dismantled Wednesday morning.
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"Having now lifted the blockade and drawn global attention to the issue, it will be very difficult for Beijing to reinstate the blockade without incurring serious reputational damage and undermining its political rapprochement with Manila," he said.
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This was widely interpreted as a warning that America would blockade them.
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Pyongyang has warned it would consider a blockade an act of war.
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Israel did not signal that it is willing to ease the blockade.
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Some have already indicated they're not willing to support a Democratic blockade.
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Turkey has demanded Israel apologize, pay compensation and lift the Gaza blockade.
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A partial blockade had allowed a small portion of aid into Yemen.
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Qatar's rivals cited the Taliban's presence in Doha to justify the blockade.
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The kingdom has also imposed an air and sea blockade on Yemen.
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Iran has gleefully stepped in to help relieve the blockade of Qatar.
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Iran is already helping to feed Qatar amid a Saudi-led blockade.
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The president blamed the fuel blockade on a small minority of people.
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Gazan healthcare providers complain the Israeli blockade deprives them of vital resources.
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However, I'm adamant about maintaining the blockade for the six-hour flight.
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But demonstrators at the blockade on Saturday vehemently disagreed with his characterization.
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Living under 11 years of blockade, Palestinians in Gaza struggle to survive.
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YouPorn is simply responding in kind with a blockade of its own.
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You mention similarities between online protest and a blockade on the street.
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Their blockade remains in place 10 months after they set it up.
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Some protesters used luggage trolleys to blockade the doors to customs checkpoints.
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Employees were more concerned the blockade could lead to more economic damage.
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A further reality check is in order regarding the blockade of Qatar.
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With higher flexibility, can overcome blockade from countries that won't accept refugees.
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Unable to get to the groundbreaking, the Hawaiians formed their own blockade.
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We don't blockade, we don't bomb, we don't do anything about it.
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But the state police and the F.B.I. had set up a blockade.
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What's known here as "the blockade" severely constricts international investment and trade.
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An unrelenting blockade threatens a catastrophic increase in both disease and hunger.
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Back at the highway, the radicals in Nochixtlán have reinforced the blockade.
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Bahrain is among the countries backing the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar.
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" He added, "The blockade of European ports sets a very negative precedent.
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Even before the latest blockade, Yemen was on the brink of famine.
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By mid-March, Ukraine's government supported a contentious and costly border blockade.
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This June, the illegal Israeli blockade on Gaza began its 10th year.
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Under international pressure the coalition lifted the blockade, but tightened ship inspections.
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It is unclear how many people are involved in the blockade effort.
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Obama is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to break their blockade.
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The illegal and immoral blockade and siege of Gaza must end immediately.
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What's next: It's unclear how the Venezuelan opposition would break the blockade.
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The blockade was set up 13.7 miles away from a Unist'ot'en camp.
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American diplomats had privately pressed the Saudis to relent in their blockade.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian truckers staged a counter-blockade on Tuesday at a checkpoint on the country's border with Greece, after Greek protesters failed to keep a promise to lift their own blockade for a few hours a day.
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In August 2019, President Donald Trump said he was considering a quarantine or blockade of Venezuela, and officials told Axios that month that Trump had periodically raised the idea of a naval blockade for a year and a half.
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It later committed a ship to help enforce a partial blockade, Asseri said.
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Officers on bicycles formed a blockade, and others on horseback patrolled the area.
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But their two-week-old blockade has so far had the opposite effect.
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Israel, together with Egypt, maintains a blockade of the enclave, citing security concerns.
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One group set up a blockade on a plaza where the road divided.
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Although the blockade showed signs of breaking this week, Yemen's situation remains dire.
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The local government in Zhengzhou plans to officially lift the blockade on Oct.
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Meanwhile, China's blockade against canola, pork and beef is beginning to bite economically.
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He and the Supreme Court blockade will be great assets in energizing Democrats.
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Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade on the territory after it took power.
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Support for the blockade soared from 7% to over 50%, according to polls.
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Eritrea was not under an economic blockade, nor were its officials' assets frozen.
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As the blockade nears its first anniversary, there is talk of a thaw.
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He brought the U.N. Make sure they had the blockade over certain vessels.
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He predicted a lengthy blockade before an attack on the main rebel districts.
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The blockade has been criticized by the United States and various international organizations.
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However, that agreement broke down and in March the army tightened its blockade.
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Those measures could hint to Pyongyang of a coming blockade or physical isolation.
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Manila says China's blockade of the shoal is a violation of international law.
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The protests have been aimed in part at trying to break the blockade.
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Why it matters: Saudi Arabia has been criticized for its blockade of Yemen.
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PAUL ROILS SENATE WITH NATO BLOCKADE: A tiny Eastern European country -- and Sen.
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On the contrary, we hope it will also include lifting the Israeli blockade.
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On Friday, Tillerson said the blockade is "hindering" military operations in the region.
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"If you want to empower the Cuban people, lift the blockade," Rodriguez said.
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On the subject of lifting the Gaza blockade, that will also benefit Israel.
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Lyndon Johnson considered retaliating with a naval blockade or even a nuclear strike.
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Good luck getting past the Toys R Us blockade with no questions asked.
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The blockade has stopped shipments of food and medicine, prompting broad international outrage.
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This has been done in cooperation with Turkey's blockade of the Rojava Kurds.
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It is becoming clear that the blockade strategy had a very limited impact.
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However, some protesters used luggage trolleys to blockade the doors to customs checkpoints.
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Trump also recently called on Saudi Arabia to lift its blockade of Yemen.
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Officers fired a barrage of tear gas over the blockade, sending protesters scrambling.
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Americans strongly oppose the Republican blockade, which is unprecedented in the nation's history.
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The blockade lasted for more than 10 hours, before authorities broke it up.
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Israel and Egypt have together maintained a punishing 11-year blockade of Gaza.
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Gaza has been under blockade by Israel for more than a decade now.
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She reluctantly adheres to The Blockade, although they do discuss the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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"We don't want the blockade lifted partially," said Umm Wael, 45, a teacher.
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All four had relatives on the other side of the blockade, they said.
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But the immediate focus is the 11-year-old Israeli blockade of Gaza.
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But its latest warning, dated Monday, was more severe because of the blockade.
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They then passed a police blockade diverting southbound traffic off the main roads.
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Some predict a total collapse, or a desperate war to break Israel's blockade.
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"That's how we see this," one Democratic senator said of the Garland blockade.
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On Twitter, he seemed to imply that the blockade had been his idea.
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Village committee members wearing face masks and high-visibility vests manned the blockade.
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Democrats say it's further proof that the White House impeachment blockade is crumbling.
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Sanders is their blockade, and they didn't make a dent in him tonight.
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"We're still seeing delays, where it's the equivalent of a blockade," he said.
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The blockade, set up by the Mohawks of Tyendinaga, may not look imposing.
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Village committee members wearing face masks and high-visibility vests manned the blockade.
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The arrests and the blockade have left Kashmiris feeling unsettled, demoralized and furious.
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Or the two million more in Gaza, which is under an Israeli blockade.
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Forum attendees cite plenty of reasons why Saudi now wants the blockade over.
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Highness, Mr. President, tear down this blockade,' but that would be a statement.
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The discovery led to effective treatments, specifically some called immune checkpoint blockade therapies.
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"The unanimity rule has become an obstacle, a permanent blockade," Mr. Verhofstadt said.
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In Jidda, he cajoled the Saudis and their allies to end their blockade.
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He launched an air campaign in Yemen and spearheaded the blockade of Qatar.
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Finally, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are on opposite sides of the Qatar blockade.
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Both Israel and Egypt maintain a partial blockade of Gaza, citing security concerns.
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But much of the humanitarian hardship is undoubtedly also caused by Israel's blockade.
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At one point Trump even seemed to take credit for brainstorming the blockade.
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Months ago, the same governments accusing Qatar of funding terror put in place a regional trade blockade on its land and sea borders, a move enthusiastically backed by President Donald Trump, though said blockade does not seem to be working.
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At a news conference in Rome, Netanyahu said the agreement announced with Ankara, ending a six-year rift after a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish ship challenging the blockade, preserves "the defensive maritime blockade" of the Hamas-run enclave.
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The company says it experienced a significant surge in downloads following the Facebook blockade.
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Israel says the naval blockade is necessary to protect its citizens from weapons smuggling.
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Hamas, weakened by a decade-long blockade of Gaza, remains defiant and in distress.
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The idea is to convince Putin that the blockade will cost him too much.
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Prior did not answer questions about why reviews would blockade the issuance of reports.
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Mr Poroshenko opposed the blockade, but its slogan, "No trade in blood", caught on.
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Sarasin Bridge was barricaded by protesters, a blockade of supplies to the occupied island.
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The Israeli-Egyptian blockade has brought the Gazan economy to the brink of collapse.
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Should Russia's Kerch Strait blockade continue, it would add pressure on Ukraine's struggling economy.
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It's a slow squeeze or blockade that hopes to stifle, frustrate and distract Google.
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We end up drilling planks of heavy wood over the door to blockade it.
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Although Beijing can easily reinstate the blockade, this would similarly undercut its political objectives.
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Since 2007 it has maintained a punishing military blockade on Gaza (as has Egypt).
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Last Thursday, Goldcorp said it expected to resolve the blockade, which started on Sept.
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He suggests a simple blockade of any ships leaving and entering North Korean waters.
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The agreement signed by Rojas said Fuerabamba would end its road blockade on Monday.
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But the World Health Organization said the progress could be reversed by the blockade.
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"Much more could be done if the U.S. blockade could be lifted," Castro said.
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Since Hamas took over a decade ago, Israel has imposed a blockade of Gaza.
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In government-controlled areas, the economic impact of the blockade is already being felt.
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Because it is convenient, and also because of the blockade problem that we have.
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The blockade caused blackouts but demonstrated how dependent Crimea was on the Ukrainian mainland.
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On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was considering a blockade of Venezuela.
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You go down the road there, there's a blockade, you can't go any further.
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Chinese AI companies are also the latest target of the US government's trade blockade.
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Is the Qatar blockade simply the opening act in a broader anti-Iranian offensive?
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And I'm proud that we have a blockade against people who kill innocent Americans.
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It also considers Germany an ally as it faces a blockade by its neighbors.
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The finance minister agreed, arguing that there was no good reason for the blockade.
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Israel has rule out ending a sea and air blockade of the Palestinian territory.
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The crippling blockade has robbed Gaza residents of any chance to chart their lives.
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"We have lived with the blockade for 50 years," said Adonys, the taxi driver.
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Israeli forces later imposed a blockade on Bani Naim in response to the attack.
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He made the equivalent of billions of dollars, in today's money, from blockade running.
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The United States did not send warships to help Saudi Arabia enforce a blockade.
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The blockade began in 2007 after Hamas took full control of the Gaza Strip.
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Kashmiri journalists protest against the internet blockade enforced by India's government in Srinagar, Oct.
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The coalition countries have subjected Qatar to a punishing blockade over the past year.
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The blockade was not publicized beforehand, so only a handful of people were present.
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The scale of the challenge facing authorities tasked with implementing the blockade is immense.
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"Indeed, the oil embargo cornered Japan," Hirohito said, referring to the American-led blockade.
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McConnell's blockade prevented the creation of the first liberal majority since the Nixon Administration.
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So far, the blockade is not working, and the crisis looks set to worsen.
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Mr. Trump, on the other hand, endorsed the blockade as soon as it started.
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Lowcock said commercial food and fuel imports remained "well short of pre-blockade averages".
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We want to make sure we can get beyond the blockade of the Democrats.
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I served with the RAN during an early 2000s blockade of illegal alien vessels.
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The Naval blockade is not a new concept, and historically has enjoyed significant success.
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" Mr. Trump added that lifting the blockade "must be done for humanitarian reasons immediately.
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The vaccines were delayed by the Saudi blockade for a week, the WHO said.
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The policy of Israeli blockade affects almost every aspect of people's lives in Gaza.
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"Fidel stood up and strengthened his country during the harshest American blockade, when there was colossal pressure on him and he still took his country out of this blockade and on a path of independent development," Gorbachev said, AFP news agency reported.
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Though Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, it maintains a blockade of the coastal zone.
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It was the second attempt made in the past two months to breach the blockade.
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The counter-blockade will focus only on vans, cars, and large vehicles transporting agricultural goods.
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So what would happen if the US did use ships to set up a blockade?
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The statement added that the losses from the blockade amount to more than $931 million.
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And others used the proposal to criticize the original Republican blockade on gun control reform.
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A blockade is a military measure which has a specific meaning under international humanitarian law.
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Both the Ukrainian authorities and separatist officials have warned of economic fallout from the blockade.
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"At the blockade standing in solidarity with the Standing Rock and Sioux tribes," she wrote.
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Although their government joined the blockade, it did not ban people from subscribing to beIN.
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Andrei Lankov of Kookmin University in Seoul describes them as a full-scale economic blockade.
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America may be exasperated, but it will not force the Saudis to end the blockade.
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Because it&aposs convenient and because of the problem of the blockade that we have.
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The community struck an agreement with MMG in April, leading to the blockade being lifted.
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Turkey accepted Israel's blockade of Gaza and its authority to monitor Turkish aid to Gaza.
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With the blockade less effective, they are looking for other ways to make their point.
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Israel says the blockade is needed to pressure Hamas into stopping rocket attacks into Israel.
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The blockade has prevented aid, which once flowed through Hodeidah's port, from reaching desperate civilians.
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Ecopetrol did not clarify where the blockade was taking place or who was conducting it.
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Around 1,000 people and 200 trucks were taking turns to enforce the blockade, Pinedo said.
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"Tell me what is the dispute between Qatar and the other blockade countries?" he asked.
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Kennedy put United States military forces on alert and ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been leading a blockade against Qatar since June 2017.
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The Saudis have led a campaign to blockade, boycott and isolate their tiny neighboring state.
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He left Gaza in 2005, before the blockade, settling in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
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The subsequent Saudi blockade of food and fuel weaponized human suffering in an unacceptable manner.
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There have been several indicators in 2019 however, that the blockade may soon be removed.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also announced then that a naval blockade could be imposed.
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Saudi Arabia imposed the most recent blockade after the Houthis fired a missile at Riyadh.
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It has eased the blockade intermittently, allowed varying amounts of fuel, food supplies and medicine.
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If anything, the blockade has spurred Qatar to get more aggressive about its production levels.
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Officials say the operation ended the Taliban's blockade of Gozargah-e-Noor-Takhar Highway. Dec.
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The Saudi-led coalition began the blockade of sea, air and land ports on Nov.
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How's it going with the blockade, what's it doing to the economy of your country?
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Never missed a ship because of a blockade and all our exports are on schedule.
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Second is all the transit that went through the blockade country, they lost it also.
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Mattis did not elaborate on the potential blockade of the F-35 jets to Turkey.
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Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain imposed a blockade on Qatar in May 2017.
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Popular Mobilisation, or Hashid Shaabi, will stay outside the town, enforcing a blockade, he said.
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The blockade strictly limits the flow of people and cargo in and out of Gaza.
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The statement said that losses from an oil blockade in the country exceeded $2.2 billion.
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Part of the money that left Qatar originated from the countries that initiated the blockade.
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NOC said in its statement that total losses because of the blockade exceeded $1.8 billion.
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Republicans changed longstanding rules to bypass the Democrats' blockade of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
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Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade on Gaza after the Hamas takeover a decade ago.
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Qatar does want the blockade to end – it continues to carry a heavy human cost.
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FNSEA, France's largest farmers' union, on Thursday called for the nationwide blockade from June 2000.
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Israel maintains a naval blockade on the Gaza Strip, which is dominated by Hamas Islamists.
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U.S. allies in the region would support the initiative of a U.S. navy led blockade.
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Kennedy decided on a naval blockade rather than an air strike, and Khrushchev backed down.
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The UN used to blame a Saudi and Emirati blockade for malnutrition in the north.
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A total blockade of the country might, but it is too risky to even attempt.
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Beyond prevention, the doctors could forcibly widen the arterial blockade or inject clot-busting drugs.
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Earlier, officials had warned of a physical blockade, but the governor's office backed away from that.
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"But we have to proceed as if the blockade is permanent – that it's the new normal".
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Qatar has rejected the accusations, calling the blockade a politically motivated attempt to undermine its sovereignty.
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Gaza is ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement and is under a partial Israeli-Egyptian blockade.
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Palestinian activists argue such economic damage is not unlike that caused to them by the blockade.
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It is McConnell, his extraordinary blockade tactic, who has functionally changed the rules of the game.
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Israel said it would relax the blockade on Gaza; Hamas declared that it won the war.
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Ahmad Algohbary, an activist and journalist in Sana'a, said everyone was "very scared" about the blockade.
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The protests have not altered Israel's longtime blockade of the territory and its two million residents.
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Aggressive foreign policies, from the blockade of Qatar to the war in Yemen, help do that.
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And this sort of federal blockade on state regulation isn't new or really even that rare.
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The blockade is notable in scope and for being the first publicly recognized by the government.
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The CEO said he did not see the situation with the blockade improving any time soon.
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Only law enforcement and the DAPL contractors are allowed on the other side of the blockade.
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And the blockade raises suspicion that the Saudis are using food as a tool of war.
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The crowd largely lifted the highway blockade at late afternoon, according to Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre.
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Lifting the Scarborough blockade, then, is China's gift to Duterte for his sustained attack on America.
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Resentment at India's shadow has darkened since a blockade of the landlocked country's border in 2015.
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Even the Israeli army now reckons the blockade is ineffective at best, counter-productive at worst.
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He has described the high yields on Venezuela's debt as a "financial blockade" against his government.
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Landmines and a government military blockade are, residents say, responsible for the terrible situation in Madaya.
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Until recently, PD-1 blockade therapies were only approved for a select few classes of cancers.
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An activist boat challenging Israel&aposs naval blockade on Hamas-ruled Gaza is approaching the territory.
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Israel and Egypt imposed the blockade after the Islamic militant Hamas overran the territory in 2007.
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Rebuilding has been thwarted by the Israeli-Egyptian blockade, which Sisi has the power to ease.
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Assad may still be too weak, even with Iranian and Russian support, to blockade the city.
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The countries who implemented the blockade charge Qatar of supporting terrorism, which the Qataris strongly deny.
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In order to keep up The Blockade, Hagerman asks a lot of the people around him.
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The Union navy did its best to intercept blockade runners, either far or near American shores.
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So, what should we do to avert future crises like that posed by the Qatar blockade?
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Under a blockade by Israel and Egypt designed to isolate Hamas, Gaza has plunged into poverty.
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"This is all about the blockade," Baker said of the decision, referring to the 2017 boycott.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Friday for several countries to ease a blockade against Qatar.
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The "blockade" against Caracas amounts to "theft of the assets and gold" of Venezuela, Arreaza said.
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All it requires is an injection of a baking soda solution to dissolve the gel blockade.
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If the blockade keeps up, the U.S. risks normalizing a fracture between two key American partners.
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Similar attempts by activists to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza have been foiled before.
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They intended to deliver 20,000 boxes of food, which was turned away by the Venezuelan blockade.
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Tillerson has tried to play mediator, calling for tensions to cool and the blockade to end.
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And they kept the Egypt-Gaza border sealed most of the time, tightening an Israeli blockade.
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Abroad, the country faces a blockade from a gang of several of its Middle Eastern neighbours.
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The blockade, unlikely to be heeded by most of the country, will begin at 6 a.m.
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I drove to the blockade and suddenly my jeep lurched forward into the column (of troops).
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The blockade cut off UN-supervised relief supplies, which caused severe shortages of food and medicine.
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Trump said he was directing his administration to push Saudi Arabia to completely lift the blockade.
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In a humanitarian gesture earlier this month, Trump called on Saudi Arabia to end its blockade.
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Finally, on May 12, 1949, the Soviets realized the blockade was futile and lifted their barricades.
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Billboards dotted the highway with jingoistic slogans; one read oppose the blockade, an injustice against Cuba.
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A woman protester died when she was accidentally hit by a panicked driver at one blockade.
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The new resolution was tantamount to a complete economic blockade of North Korea, the ministry said.
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Israel and Egypt say their de facto blockade of the strip is necessary for security reasons.
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More than 50 people were killed in clashes before protesters called off the blockade in February.
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Throughout the state, ethnic Rakhine have been warned by community leaders not to break the blockade.
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His Blockade of all news is a bit extreme, but I applaud him for his efforts.
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Although the blockade had been talked about for months, the ransom deal provided a useful pretext.
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If any good comes from the Republicans' partisan blockade, it will be to underscore that reality.
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But even bipartisan coalitions have begun to crumble in the face of the majority leader's blockade.
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Together, the bombing campaign and blockade have spurred the worst continuing humanitarian crisis in the world.
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The Saudis have since partly lifted the blockade, but only of ports controlled by its allies.
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Few expect the blockade to end any time soon, and so diplomatic tensions remain uncomfortably high.
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In June, the punishing blockade being enforced by a Saudi-led coalition entered its second year.
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The blockade was later loosened, but until this weekend had kept key Houthi-held ports sealed.
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The NOC statement added that losses from an oil blockade in the country total $2.7 billion.
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The NOC statement added that losses from an oil blockade in the country exceeded $2.3 billion.
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Meanwhile, Qatar Airways, the Gulf's fastest-growing supercarrier, faces its own problems following the unprecedented blockade.
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This threatening posture has led to a blockade against them and considerable hardship for Syrian Kurds.
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But several Kashmiri doctors said dozens of preventable deaths might have happened because of the blockade.
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The firm has been granted temporary protection from creditors' claims as a result of the blockade.
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The blockade means all food, water, energy, building supplies and medical supplies are controlled by Israel.
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From there, we discuss how a blockade is preventing aid supplies from reaching people in Venezuela.
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"Unfortunately I can't tell you there has been an easing of the blockade," Green told Reuters.
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For more than a decade Gaza has been controlled by Hamas under an Israeli-Egyptian blockade.
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Israel argued that enforcing its sea blockade was essential in preventing Iranian missiles from reaching Hamas.
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Amanda Drury (AD): It's been over three months since the start of the blockade against Qatar.
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The company said arrangements have been made to lift the blockade at its mine on Thursday.
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The resulting court vacancy led to a congressional blockade of President Barack Obama's nominee Merrick Garland.
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The firm has been granted temporary protection from creditors' claims as a result of the blockade.
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Newmont Goldcorp on Monday suspended operations at the Penasquito mine because of the month-long blockade.
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The air force and navy forces could potentially be used to conduct a blockade of Taiwan.
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But the White House has said the blockade was due to Qatar's alleged support of terrorism.
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On Tuesday the interior minister said there were no plans to end the blockade by force.
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But government statements, Twitter posts and even a police blockade haven't succeeded in stopping the caravan.
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The authorities are still enforcing a blockade of the fastest, most direct route into the camp.
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Chairs, umbrellas, and other objects were piled by students near university entrances to create a blockade.
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Instead, Mr. Maduro's administration erected a crude, but effective blockade across the border bridge with Colombia.
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His unprecedented blockade of Merrick Garland, Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, made that clear, they believed.
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A similar blockade occurred right before North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test earlier this year.
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Unlike war, where violence is visible as bombs are falling, the blockade is like slow death.
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Tomorrow, October 26, the UN General Assembly vote on resolution against the blockade #Cuba #YoVotoVsBloqueo pic.twitter.
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Dubbed the "Blockade Derby" by some, emotions ran high between the rivals at Abu Dhabi's Zayed Sports City Stadium, whose teams met for the first time since the UAE, together with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain launched an economic and political blockade against Qatar 18 months ago.
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"We managed to break through the energy blockade of Crimea within a brief period of time, and we will likewise do away with any other blockade against Russia, should someone wish to test us again," said a visibly upbeat Putin, accompanied by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.
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United Nations officials have said that the Saudi-led blockade has put 14 million people at risk of starvation, and a United Nations panel of experts concluded earlier this year that, "with the requisite intent," the blockade of Yemen "may amount to international crimes," the petition noted.
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An internal analysis by FIFA earlier this year had concluded that Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Bahrain — three of the countries taking part in the blockade of Qatar — could not be considered as potential co-hosts as long as the two-year-old blockade remained in effect.
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In October 2015, the miniature Rebel blockade runner ship from Star Wars: Episode IV pulled down $450,000.
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The exact location of the blockade and the group's demands were not clear, an industry source said.
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Citing security concerns, Israel keeps a naval blockade on Gaza and tight control of its land crossings.
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The blockade has drawn wide international concern, including from the United States and the U.N. secretary-general.
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Baghdad does not believe an "economic blockade" is fruitful, he added in a reference to U.S. sanctions.
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The UN reports that the blockade could be causing an uptick in the spread of disease already.
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The United Nations said that blockade raised the prospect of mass starvation before it was partially lifted.
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It is difficult to assess precisely the cumulative commercial and humanitarian effects of the blockade on Yemen.
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Cover image: Protesters continue to blockade the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Portland, Ore.
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The United Nations has said that a total blockade could cause a famine that could kill millions.
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If people needed meat to be healthy, the death rate during the Danish blockade would have soared.
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Residents of the Eastern Ghouta suburbs have been living under a suffocating government blockade amid intense bombings.
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"We've adjusted to the blockade, to living on an island," says one member of the ruling family.
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Donald Trump called on December 6th for Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade, but this looks unlikely.
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The United Nations said that blockade raised the danger of mass starvation and it was partially lifted.
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Gaza has been under an Israeli-Egyptian blockade since Hamas assumed control of the territory in 2007.
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It worries endlessly about the strait's vulnerability to blockade—for example, should war break out with America.
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That's how Airbnb and Gizmodo itself, which are both hosted by AWS, broke through our Amazon blockade.
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Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade on Gaza after the Hamas took over the territory in 2007.
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The protests are aimed at Israel's blockade of Gaza, which began after Hamas seized control in 2007.
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Ascension Carrillo, one of the leaders of the truck drivers, also confirmed that the blockade was lifted.
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The unions said the strike and blockade of the refinery will begin at 0400 GMT on Tuesday.
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"The worst thing is this blockade will achieve nothing," NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said in a statement.
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By this February, opposition forces were surrounded, raising fears of a possible blockade of Aleppo's eastern region.
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Trump attacked Qatar for funding terrorism "at a very high level", and supported the Saudi-led blockade.
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The coalition, which is backed by the United States and other countries, began the blockade on Nov.
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Newmont Goldcorp on Monday suspended operations at Penasquito, Mexico's largest goldmine, because of the month-long blockade.
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Famine, civil war, and a foreign blockade prevented the importation of foreign films, raw film, and equipment.
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Alex Jones escorted by police out of Movement for Black Lives #inauguration checkpoint blockade #DisruptJ20 #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.
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There is still no remedy to the blockade, which both Corker and Tillerson admit in their letters.
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Last week a blockade of oil refineries led to panic among motorists as petrol stations ran dry.
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The government in Kiev opposes the blockade, which the group said on Friday it planned to expand.
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For instance, in June, Tillerson called on Qatar's neighbors to ease a blockade against the US ally.
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The company did not detail any potential impact on production at the mine from an extended blockade.
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"Soon we will cover the loss of the network we had due to our blockade," he added.
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Coupled with a Saudi-led blockade and internal clashes, the stalemate has contributed to a human catastrophe.
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The White House is making a public relations push to try and break Senate Republicans' court blockade.
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"The blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba persists," Rodriguez told reporters at a news conference.
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The campus stand-off saw police blockade the protesters in, and use tear gas on those inside.
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It described the new resolution as a "complete economic blockade" and threatened nations that helped pass it.
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The blockade also prevented the import of medicine that was needed in the treatment of Confederate soldiers.
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The United Nations said that blockade raised the danger of mass starvation, and it was partially lifted.
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But the White House maintained a virtual blockade against Republicans who had signed letters opposing Trump's candidacy.
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In June 2017, Trump endorsed the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar, its neighbor and a US ally.
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Ghobash also said the blockade was "not going to escalate militarily," according to the report on Wednesday.
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Turkey helped support Qatar in the face of the blockade by sending troops and airlifting in goods.
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Moreover, the blockade by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt has not succeeded in isolating Qatar.
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On Thursday, rights group Amnesty International launched a campaign urging New Delhi to lift the communications blockade.
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On Thursday, rights group Amnesty International launched a campaign urging New Delhi to lift the communications blockade.
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In the wake of the violence, the government imposed an information blockade that continues to this day.
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But that was a nuance that Mr. McConnell and his allies stressed infrequently during the Garland blockade.
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That blockade was emblematic of the fate of broader bipartisan measures that tread on politically sensitive turf.
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In 2009, Slovenia lifted the blockade after Croatia agreed to let an arbitration court decide the dispute.
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Just as support for Hamas was cratering, young Gazans called for a mass protest against the blockade.
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Mr. Guaidó had vowed to re-enter Venezuela as those aid shipments broke through Mr. Maduro's blockade.
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Our explainer untangles the complex war, and we have a video about the blockade starving the country.
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In their formal trial brief, they portray Trump's information blockade as not only unconstitutional, but also unprecedented.
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One of the reasons for the blockade is your neighbors think you are too conciliatory to Iran.
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It has warned that oil production could drop as low as 72,000 bpd if the blockade continues.
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Yet a blockade by the Saudi-led coalition since 2015 has reduced humanitarian aid to a trickle.
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Instead of an invasion, the President eventually chose to set up a US Navy blockade around Cuba.
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If they want to help, they must stop the blockade, the persecution, and the aggression against Venezuela.
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And MBS led the blockade of his country's neighbor, gas-rich Qatar, which continues to this day.
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The current situation involving Qatar is frequently, and incorrectly, referred to as a siege or a blockade.
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However, a third option with significant historical precedent is available: a physical Naval blockade of North Korea.
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Regarding the blockade, the official said Trump relayed his position privately to Gulf state leaders this week.
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"I ask for reflection from brothers who are carrying out this unnecessary blockade," Anez said on Friday.
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There was nothing predetermined about the Christmas 1914 truce — or, for that matter, the 1918 blockade extension.
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It was a part of a communication blockade in the state that has still not been lifted.
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The second time, I was in the house, trying to blockade him from coming into my bedroom.
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But the profitable combination of economic blockade and inflated prices has proved a boon to illegal trade.
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Now the Saudis have imposed a blockade around Yemen that cut off supplies into Houthi-held territory.
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Even before the latest blockade, Saudi Arabia had been criticized for hampering aid access into the country.
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Catastrophe looming, UN warns The United Nations released a stern warning on Friday to the Saudi-led coalition of the catastrophic consequences associated with not fully lifting the blockade on Yemen, and UN leaders on Saturday issued a joint statement calling for the full lifting of the blockade.
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Sunday's attack has sparked anger in Nigeria, where some alleged the blockade had made travelers vulnerable to the attacks CNN has not been able to determine who ordered the blockade at this location to be established, and the Nigerian Army has not responded to CNN's requests for comment.
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Gaza&aposs economy has been battered by an Israeli-Egyptian blockade, imposed to prevent the group from arming.
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Police spokesman Elis Zodan said Thursday police tried to stop the van twice before setting up a blockade.
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Trump took credit for the Arab world's blockade of Qatar, which he derided as a supporter of terror.
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They're also protesting the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which is suffering from a stifling Israeli and Egyptian blockade.
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Unable to beat them, the government joined them, imposing a trade and energy blockade on the occupied territories.
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His foreign policies range from missteps, like the blockade of Qatar, to catastrophes, like the war in Yemen.
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But the blockade held particular significance in Harlan County, Ky., a place once synonymous with bloody labor wars.
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"The economic and social consequences of a total blockade to our oil shipments would be catastrophic," he said.
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But it goes up against at least one major blockade: a commission rule banning state net neutrality laws.
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She was coming of age the midst of the blockade by Israel and Egypt — ongoing to this day.
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A street blockade was lifted and people were allowed to re-enter the buildings, Zurich municipal police said.
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Interior Minister Dragan Mektic told N1 television that the convoy blockade there amounted to a "coup d&aposetat."
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The increase depends on lifting a blockade at pipelines serving the western fields of El Feel and Sharara.
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A blockade of Qatar by its neighbours has cost the state-run carrier a tenth of its business.
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We've had a blockade on Cuba for 60 years and that hasn't worked so it will hurt them.
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After a decade running Gaza, and hemmed in by an Israeli-Egyptian blockade, Hamas was growing deeply unpopular.
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The blockade has had an impact on air travel, shipping and trade routes and media, among other sectors.
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has also been calling for a lifting of the anti-Qatar blockade.
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There have a lot of protests against the new constitution since then, including a blockade that lasted months.
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Guna Raj Luintel, editor of the Nagarik daily, said there was lingering anger towards India over the blockade.
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told the conference Moscow could not accept what he called a blockade.
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Still, it's interesting to see the Facebook CEO essentially cheating through China's blockade of his very own service.
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And there is no indication they will pay a price for continuing the blockade under Clinton or Trump.
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The Umm Qasr blockade has cost the country more than $6 billion so far, Abdul Mahdi's spokesman said.
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Even with the use of generators, maintaining the necessities of a hospital under occupation and blockade is difficult.
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A splinter group split off from the main rally to blockade the Aldgate East junction in east London.
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"The one project we're really going to focus on this year is breaking the info blockade," Rubio said.
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The agencies behind the blockade include the Environmental Protection Agency and the departments of Interior, Commerce and Agriculture.
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The LNA took control of the Oil Crescent ports in September, ending a long blockade in the area.
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The Umm Qasr blockade has cost the country more than $6 billion so far, Abdul Mahdi's spokesman said.
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So Russia's client, Russia's supported friend, is the single biggest blockade to the ability to move forward here.
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Ten Turkish activists were killed in the 85033 raid, which was protesting the Israeli government's blockade of Gaza.
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Guna Raj Luintel, editor of the Nagarik daily, said there was lingering anger toward India over the blockade.
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The news report makes its appearance as Qatar is suffering an economic blockade by some of its neighbors.
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We have seen a veritable news blockade on information coming out of these investigations on the front pages.
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Vancouver-based Turquoise Hill, majority owned by Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto , said the blockade was lifted Jan.
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We have the aim to break the Moroccan media blockade imposed since it invaded and occupied Western Sahara.
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Large turnout has also been driven by widespread desperation in Gaza, amid worsening conditions linked to the blockade.
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The Pentagon said the blockade was hindering U.S. ability to plan for long-term operations in the region.
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The United Nations had said the blockade could spark the largest famine the world has seen in decades.
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The Wells Fargo security guards tried to rush through the human chain of de-escalators surrounding our blockade.
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Sharara had been closed since November 2014 and El Feel since April 2015 because of the pipeline blockade.
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"Ramsay was just a tiny blockade in the way of something much bigger," she told the Hollywood Reporter.
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But Rojas previously said that Fuerabamba would maintain the road blockade until the lawyers were released from jail.
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The carnage in Yemen hasn't stirred more outrage because the Saudis use their blockade to keep out journalists.
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The day culminated in several thousand, mostly young activists, surrounding police headquarters, using metal barricades to blockade entrances.
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Qatar has maintained that the blockade will have a minimal impact on its export of oil and gas.
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The blockade of Qatar could yet push the Persian Gulf nation to also pull out of the agreement.
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All that mattered, he said, was that Israel's decade-long blockade of Gaza be brought to an end.
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They barely had any blood, because they couldn't get the bags that hold donated blood past the blockade.
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Some Democrats say opening an impeachment inquiry could help the House overcome the president's blockade of its investigations.
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We are two years into the blockade of Qatar by its neighbors, some of the world's wealthiest countries.
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The spots implored Mulvaney and other conservatives to end their blockade of a spending bill backed by leadership.
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Although Israel withdrew its occupying forces in 2005, it maintained a suffocating blockade by air, sea and land.
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Qatar's strategy seemed to finally collapse this past week, with Saudi Arabia and its allies imposing a blockade.
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In fact, when we talk about the economic situations of Qatar, it's "fire back" on the blockade countries.
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Under international pressure, Riyadh partially lifted the blockade, but critics say supplies are still unable to get through.
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His intervention in neighboring Yemen remains a fiasco, while his blockade of Qatar has ended in a stalemate.
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Iran began airlifting food and gave Qatar access to three Iranian ports to circumvent the Saudi-American blockade.
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The move came as Qatar was battling a blockade by rivals Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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However, enabling Saudi Arabia to bomb and blockade Yemen will do nothing to stop Houthi human rights abuses.
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But the latest revelations about the holdup of Ukraine aid highlighted the benefits -- and dangers -- of Trump's blockade.
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London and other cities are charging congestion fees to internal-combustion cars, and may eventually blockade them entirely.
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First, the witnesses who defied the White House blockade have already provided ample evidence to support the charges.
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On Wednesday, authorities tightened restrictions on protesters, expanding a blockade of the internet and a curfew in Assam.
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The blockade means these companies can no longer buy crucial components such as advanced microchips from US firms.
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But a British naval blockade around Germany made it impossible for the Central Powers to acquire American arms.
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The enclave is ruled by the Islamist Hamas group and is under an Israeli and Egyptian security blockade.
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That attack prompted Saudi Arabia to impose a blockade on Yemen that has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis there.
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Libya meanwhile is facing a blockade at key oil terminals due to protests against a turbulent political backdrop.
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He also argued that the US blockade was the main obstacle to his country's social and economic development.
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The blockade of Qatar — now widely viewed as instigated under false pretenses — has undermined the Middle East's stability.
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The police formed a human blockade to stop them from entering Istiklal Street, the district's main pedestrian avenue.
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The blockade on foodstuffs was not lifted until July 12, 1919, after Germany had signed the Versailles treaty.
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But the blockade has ended up isolating a country that was already the poorest in the Middle East.
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The coalition is demanding that Qatar close Al Jazeera, and agree to 12 other conditions, before dropping their blockade.
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With many civilizations looking to establish themselves on the coast, you can choke aquatic supply lines with a blockade.
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Turns out, the groom had been sleeping with a female of said blockade, with the promise of getting married.
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He wanted to mediate the blockade of Qatar by the Saudis and other Persian Gulf states; Trump undercut him.
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" "The tightening of the US blockade against Cuba and its extraterritorial implementation is and the sovereignty of all States.
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Israel and Egypt have maintained a blockade on Gaza for over a decade in an attempt to weaken Hamas.
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To make matters worse, a government blockade has prevented food, fuel, medicine and other supplies from entering the city.
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"At the moment there is a blockade of the artist from information," Shaligyna writes in an email to Hyperallergic.
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Israel and Egypt say the blockade is meant to curb security threats posed by Hamas and other armed groups.
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In Berlin, it was an infamous blockade, and in America it's an emblem of a fiery, divisive, political debate.
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A Reuters witness said Russia backed its blockade with at least two Sukhoi Su-25 warplanes that screeched overhead.
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One possibility is a blockade of Kurdish areas, something that Vahal Ali said would also harm the Baghdad government.
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The ship, which was found off Oak Island, N.C, was tentatively identified as the blockade runner Agnes E. Fry.
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Jamie McGoldrick, the humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, said the blockade has since been eased, but the situation remained dire.
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They're calling for Democrats to delay and punt and blockade the serious work of the Senate at any cost.
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Israel says it has to enforce the blockade to defend itself against Hamas, which has called for its destruction.
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Activists are hyping protests on Friday, a silent march in Caracas Saturday, and a blockade on national highways Monday.
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Trump initially voiced support for the blockade, but has since said it's time for the dispute to be resolved.
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The price of a bag of flour doubled after the blockade, he said, and pharmacies ran out of stock.
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They insisted they would not back off during the second round of protests against Israel's longstanding blockade of Gaza.
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Parts of the countryside are paralysed, as protesters in high-visibility yellow jackets obstruct roads and blockade fuel depots.
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It is home to two million Palestinians, who complain that the blockade has left the enclave isolated and impoverished.
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In Yemen, people have nowhere to go and there's a blockade at the ports so food can't get in.
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The blockade has eased, but its impact limited supplies of desperately needed fuel, food and medicine, aid officials say.
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On a recent visit to Riyadh Theresa May, the prime minister, called on the Saudis to end the blockade.
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Chinese-owned MMG, which is in Australia, said that copper production at the mine has continued throughout the blockade.
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Should Russia attempt a Berlin-style blockade, most U.S. allies in Eastern Europe could simply be resupplied by road.
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As a major investor in the South, Great Britain played an important role in trying to infiltrate the blockade.
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The damage to Qatar Airways from the blockade is no accident, say former executives from the two Emirati carriers.
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Tillerson said he was not aware of the dinner and had not heard about the plans for the blockade.
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China kept the blockade intact, which its coastguard enforced by chasing and firing water cannons at approaching Filipino vessels.
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Qatar has formed a Compensation Claims Committee to follow-through on requests for billions in damages from the blockade.
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Democrats hope to retain their blockade over a GOP Legislature, while Republicans see a chance at complete government control.
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Demonstrators were unimpressed with the government's overtures, continuing their blockade of traffic roundabouts nationwide and vowing to fight on.
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Gaza is controlled by Hamas, an Islamist fundamentalist party, and is under Israeli blockade but not ground troop occupation.
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Gaza has endured a crippling border blockade by Israel and Egypt, imposed after Hamas seized the territory in 2007.
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Gaza&aposs 2 million people have had to contend with blockade-linked electricity shortages, rising unemployment and growing poverty.
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The border blockade ended last month but supply of oil and cooking gas has yet to return to normal.
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Growing despair in Gaza has helped drive recent Hamas-led protests against the border blockade by Israel and Egypt.
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Helping families recover has proved harder than expected, for reasons ranging from aid funding delays to a fuel blockade.
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Applying pressure on those exports would require the Saudi-allied nations to impose some sort of blockade on Qatar.
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The State Department spoke out against the blockade, saying it hindered U.S. military operations against ISIS in the region.
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Although Qatar had already been receiving shipments of food from Iran, this is likely to further entrench the blockade.
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An opposition supporter looks on with a home-made gas mask on his head during a blockade this month.
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The blockade is also hindering U.S. military action in the region and its campaign against Islamic State, he said.
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US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters this week Washington is "mystified" by the continued blockade of Qatar.
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But in the past decade, Israel and Egypt have imposed a blockade on Gaza and its two million people.
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It's also relatively simple to circumvent China's Facebook blockade with the use of a VPN (virtual private networking) service.
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The United Nations has said that a total blockade of Yemen could cause a famine that could kill millions.
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Why it matters: Corker was blocking the sales to put pressure on the countries to resolve the Qatar blockade.
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" On Friday, Tillerson said the blockade has caused shortages of food, the separation of families and other "unintended consequences.
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Despite calling for an ease to the blockade, Tillerson said Qatar needs to do more to address terrorism financing.
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Israel says its blockade is a self-defense measure against Hamas, a group that has called for its destruction.
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The blockade has already forced it to halt production temporarily at one of its mills and several coal mines.
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"A blockade - which is what would be required to actually bar access - is an act of war," she added.
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Last week, Ms. Stabenow and a handful of other senators relented and lifted their blockade of the energy bill.
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Israel has maintained a land, sea and air blockade on Gaza since June 2007, when Hamas took over Gaza.
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The blockade itself was not lifted until Germany reluctantly signed the Treaty of Versailles, at the end of June.
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Last month, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted over the Saudi capital, Riyadh, prompting the blockade shortly thereafter.
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Last month, another blockade was ended at a pipeline in western Libya, pushing production to more than 0003,2000 bpd.
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Iran continues to gain ground, and a blockade of Qatar has not succeeded in breaking Doha's ties to Iran.
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But my guess is this will fall on deaf ears and that the usual disdain and blockade will continue.
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The standoff and blockade of Qatar by the rest of GCC countries remains intact with no signs of rapprochement.
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The blockade by Jathran alone has cost Libya some $100 billion in lost export revenue, according to the letter.
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"The human damages caused by the blockade are incalculable," he said in the official English translation of his remarks.
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The government blames a U.S. "blockade" for its economic woes, though no U.S. sanctions prevent food and medicine imports.
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Since then Gaza's neighbours, Israel and Egypt, have imposed a near-total blockade on the cramped strip's 1.8m people.
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During the Civil War, blockade runners that evaded the Union navy were one of the Confederate army's few lifelines.
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A blockade on voter data through a DDOS attack would prevent campaign staff from access data by overwhelming computers.
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The landing defied an air blockade led by rival groups that had restricted the city's airspace over the weekend.
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Kiev accuses Moscow of an economic blockade by submitting vessels traveling to its ports to spurious and lengthy checks.
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Makes you think twice about having your dog's name or "Password123" as your go-to security blockade, doesn't it?
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Es Sider, Libya's biggest export terminal, had been shut due to a blockade by a military faction since 2014.
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Not surprisingly, North Korea has responded defiantly, suggesting that would constitute a naval blockade and an act of war.
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Most egregious of all was that Mr. Obama permitted the continuation of the inhuman blockade and siege of Gaza.
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Other potential options are a naval blockade of North Korea, or a deployment of additional troops to the region.
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The blockade of Qatar complicated the ability of the United States to manage delicate relationships in the Middle East.
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"To overcome the financial blockade, this will allow us to move toward new forms of international financing," he said.
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At the same time, a Saudi blockade on Yemen is adding to tensions over a proxy war with Iran.
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I'm the sole breadwinner of my family and the blockade meant that I could no longer support my family.
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Across the country, younger Democratic officeholders are chafing at being held in place by a blockade of older leaders.
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Israel maintains a blockade of the Strip, citing security concerns from Hamas, with which it has fought several wars.
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The missile is believed to have been supplied by Iran, and Saudi Arabia responded by imposing a total blockade.
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If Republicans could justify an election-year blockade, what's to stop Democrats in the future from doing the same?
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The Kremlin decree referred specifically to a blockade as justification for its move to recognize rebel-issued travel documents.
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India's internet and phone blockade in Kashmir means there's no way to call the doctor, leading to preventable deaths.
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While Mr. Trump initially cheered the blockade, endorsing the Saudi allegation that Qatar supported terrorism, he later switched tracks.
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So it was surprising that President Trump endorsed the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar when it began last June.
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Dozens of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) descended on the site of the rail blockade a little after 8 a.m.
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The two members of the Trump cabinet who had had extensive dealings with the Qataris objected to the blockade.
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ING cautioned that outages in Libya - where production has been steadily declining amid a blockade - should not be discounted.
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Officials had warned earlier of a physical blockade, but the governor's office later backed away from that, Reuters said.
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Likewise, the maritime ports of Qatar are all open and not subject to a naval blockade preventing port traffic.
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After Thursday's failure to find the monk, police said they would continue on Friday and the blockade would continue.
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Sharara recently reached output of 280,000 barrels per day (bpd), but closed this week due to a pipeline blockade.
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The White House earlier this week announced a full blockade of Democrats' impeachment inquiry, calling it an "illegitimate" effort.
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This is distressing in itself, but when you add the instability introduced by the recent blockade, it becomes nightmarish.
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That includes a blockade of Qatar by a Saudi-led coalition that accuses the Qataris of abetting terrorist activity.
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Palestinians sought an end to the economic blockade that has been choking off Gaza for more than a decade.
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Germans were almost as war-weary as Russians, with terrible casualties and widespread shortages caused by the Allies' blockade.
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I saw Nickelback here last year and the bro-blockade on the way out stretched until the setting sun.
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The difference is the occupation, the settlements and Israel's policies in the West Bank (and the blockade of Gaza).
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The Saudi crown prince is the architect of Riyadh's close relationship with the United States, and the Qatar blockade.
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North Korea declared the U.N. steps to be an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade.
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The government has yet to resolve its impasse with the Madhesi, and protesters could resume the blockade at any time.
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I also discover I can't use Dropbox to send selfie-videos about the blockade to my video producer, Myra Iqbal.
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FIFA's study said the blockade would need to be lifted before there was any chance of those countries hosting matches.
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Palestinian activists have set sail in defiance of years of an Israeli and Egyptian naval blockade on the Gaza Strip.
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"We are under blockade, the idea is that you feel yourself inside the water," said Thabet Tartouri, the ship's owner.
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Washington has also eased up on Saudi rival Qatar, after initially backing Riyadh's attempts to blockade its fellow Gulf monarchy.
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President John F. Kennedy demanded that the Soviets remove the weapons, and he established a naval blockade around the island.
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When it comes to the impact on our health care system, some countries may appreciate President Trump's new medical blockade.
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And it tightened its blockade of Yemen, rendering it virtually impossible for humanitarian aid to reach Yemen's air- and seaports.
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Human rights groups immediately condemned the blockade as inhumane, and the UN warned that halting food aid would starve millions.
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Students and teachers on strike push past a police blockade in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on Jan.
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This Friday, the blockade arrived in Athens with a crew of farmers from Crete, where farming is the island's lifeblood.
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Last year, without warning, Saudi Arabia led an economic blockade of Qatar that continues to disrupt trade in the region.
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Trump initially said the Saudi blockade was "hard but necessary," though he later called for the crisis to be resolved.
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It helps lead a coalition of nations imposing an economic blockade of Qatar, despite U.S. calls to resolve the dispute.
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Prince Muhammad has a record of impulsive behaviour, from the blockade of Qatar to the abduction of Lebanon's prime minister.
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"They weaponized fake news to justify the illegal blockade of Qatar," said Jassim Al Thani, Qatar's Washington-based media attaché.
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Israel says the blockade is needed to prevent Hamas, which seeks Israel&aposs destruction, from building up its military capabilities.
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Handing over the crossings is aimed at easing an Israeli-Egyptian blockade that was imposed on Gaza to isolate Hamas.
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Locals say the tunnels were used to smuggle consumer goods to Gaza to ease the consequences of the Israeli blockade.
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" "The blockade stands as the most important obstacle to our economic development and the well-being of the Cuban people.
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Gaza's neighbors, Egypt and Israel, have long clamped down on its borders, a blockade they say is needed for security.
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But with Israel and Egypt maintaining a tight blockade on Gaza, getting replacement parts is not even that straight forward.
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However, the economic impact of the blockade has been seen as short-lived, the International Monetary Fund said in May.
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Al-Jaida said that as a result of the blockade, Qatar's government was working to attract more foreign direct investment.
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This blockade, combined with bombing raids targeting civilian infrastructure, is the key reason why the humanitarian situation is so dire.
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In other words: the one-off lifting of the blockade has removed an ongoing source of Chinese leverage over Manila.
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The blockade is pushing Qatar even closer to Iran and Turkey, both of which have flown in food and resources.
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Moody's lowered Qatar's credit outlook from "stable" to "negative," signaling that the financial impact of the blockade may be steep.
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The Persian Gulf nation of 300,000 people is now the subject of a blockade by some of its closest neighbors.
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"The blockade is hindering US military actions in the region and the campaign against ISIS," Tillerson said, without providing details.
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However, the economic impact of the blockade has been seen as short-lived, the International Monetary Fund said last May.
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Any failure to end this despicable aid blockade will result in significant loss of life -- indeed, it likely already has.
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Originally named the Fox, the blockade running company that bought the vessel renamed it in honor of the captain's wife.
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Tillerson said the blockade was causing food shortages, the forced separation of families and children being pulled out of school.
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"The blockade leaders are trying to extort us and our company will not give in to this extortion," Harvey said.
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Many on the left want to block Trump's agenda as revenge for the conservative blockade of the first black president.
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Saudi Arabia tightened its blockade on Yemen a year ago in response to Houthi rebels firing a missile at Riyadh.
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The blockade of Gaza remains, though Turkey will be allowed to carry out various building programmes in the beleaguered strip.
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The conflict has hit access to basic supplies like food, fuel and medicine amid the coalition's near-blockade on ports.
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But more recently some Gaza officials said the protests would end if Israel lifted an economic blockade of the Strip.
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Ukraine has also accused Moscow of a de facto blockade on two of its major ports in the Azov Sea.
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Throughout the ordeal, she denied that she had organized the government supporters who had tried to break up the blockade.
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They've put a blockade on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and were able to successfully pass the resolution in December.
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Jeff Flake of Arizona launched a blockade on confirming judges over the lack of a floor vote on the measure.
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It helps lead a coalition of nations imposing an economic blockade of Qatar, despite US calls to resolve the dispute.
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Therefore, investors and market-watchers should monitor the blockade as its resolution or continuation will continue to influence global markets.
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Houthi rebels said they would completely shut down Sanaa airport -- which they control -- unless Saudi Arabia eased its air blockade.
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In November 2017, the coalition tightened its blockade on Yemen, cutting off deliveries of food, medical supplies and other aid.
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The blockade on Gaza and the breakdown of relations with Fatah have created huge strains on the economy in Gaza.
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"It was the government of the US that invaded Cuba, that put the blockade," Diaz-Canel said in the video.
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Somalia's open stance is important for Qatar - Somalia's airspace remains open for Qatar Airways, a critical lifeline amid the blockade.
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The idea was to create three barriers to blockade the flow of water from the Adriatic into the Venetian Lagoon.
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Also from the AP: A car ran through a police blockade in Barcelona later in the day, hitting two officers.
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Hamas has refused to disarm or renounce violence, rejecting a key condition by Israel and Egypt for ending the blockade.
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The company made the announcement in a statement after a six-week blockade by former workers at the oil facilities.
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"India has made clear that something like the blockade won't happen again," says Shiva Kumar Mandal, former Minister of Supplies.
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Last month, the Army Corps announced its latest strategy for the tackling the problem: a $788 million technological fish blockade.
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Trump didn't seem to know about these facts or care about them when he applauded the Saudi blockade of Qatar.
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The NOC has not commented officially on the claims, which came after long negotiations to end a two-year blockade.
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But McConnell's blockade considered the lower federal courts as well, leaving dozens of vacancies for the new President to fill.
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And if talks collapse many fear that France's famously truculent fishermen could blockade ports to stop movements of British fish.
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Tillerson tried again to end the blockade during another visit to the gulf in October, but he got no further.
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The bloodbath suddenly turned the blockade at Noxchixtlán into a symbol of just how explosive politics can be in Oaxaca.
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If Iran threatens to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passage for Persian Gulf oil, prices would probably jump.
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Qatar, the host of the talks, is isolated by a blockade against it by Saudi Arabia and its gulf allies.
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On June 5, 2017, the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia began a blockade of Qatar in an effort to isolate it.
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In June, four Arab countries, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, imposed a punishing air, sea and trade blockade on Qatar.
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The case was brought by the Philippines after Scarborough Shoal was commandeered by China in 2012, following a tense blockade.
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But it got much worse after the G.O.P. gained blockade power, forcing significant austerity even as unemployment remained extremely high.
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The blockade has since been loosened, but it is still cutting civilians off from desperately needed humanitarian aid and food.
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But it is pushing him to resolve the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar and the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen.
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Meanwhile, a Saudi blockade on Yemen threatens to starve millions as tensions build over a proxy war there with Iran.
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The resolution calls for something far less comprehensive than a total blockade, which is widely considered an act of war.
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A land, air and sea blockade by Qatar's neighbors has affected the country's $200 billion pre-World Cup infrastructure program.
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Saudi Arabia, joined by other gulf states and Egypt, finally found its opportunity to reimpose dominance with last week's blockade.
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Analysts said the partial blockade has badly weakened the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council and threatens to undermine regional stability.
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The blockade from their side blocks the land border, we know exactly what we are importing from the land border.
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The blockade in Yemen, however, exacerbated a humanitarian crisis there, prompting staunch criticism from aid groups and the United Nations.
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The demonstrations were originally meant to protest the economic blockade by Israel of Gaza, the impoverished region governed by Hamas.
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But if unilaterally changing Senate rules is the only way to break a potential Democratic blockade, Republicans might go there.
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In 2016, the party designed a political campaign around the GOP's blockade of Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court.
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There would be no regional blockade, he said, only a full-scale effort to contain the spread of the virus.
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The decline for the loonie came as a blockade of Canada's rail lines dragged on and the economic impact deepened.
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They try to flag down a car that's about to drive into their blockade but the car doesn't stop moving.
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What is the worth of peace of mind if it necessitates a blockade against the goings-on of the world?
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Meanwhile, Libyan output has fallen nearly 75% to just below 300,000 bpd amid the most extensive oil blockade for years.
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Israel keeps Gaza under a blockade, tightly restricting movement out of the territory that is home to 2 million Palestinians.
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The Egyptian and Israeli blockade of Gaza means that its two million inhabitants feel trapped, Mr. Thrall, the analyst, said.
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A Saudi-led coalition that includes the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain has enforced a weekslong blockade against Qatar.
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Sanders himself has recently condemned attacks on Israel launched from Gaza, but he's also been openly critical of Israel's blockade.
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Negotiations at a police blockade They set out in the early morning darkness Saturday, a routine they'd followed for days.
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Blockade on Gaza Sinwar told Yedioth Ahronoth he agrees with that principle, but he has a different definition of quiet.
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" North Korea said in a statement Sunday that it considers "any type of blockade an act of war against us.
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Sharara recently reached output of 280,000 barrels per day (bpd), but closed earlier this week due to a pipeline blockade.
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Mr. Astakhov, the film's cinematographer, said he would have opposed the idea of making a comedy about the blockade itself.
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And he is expected to discuss the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar, where the United States has a military base.
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The Allies agreed to "contemplate the provisioning of Germany," but would not agree to lift the blockade at that time.
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The crisis was defused when Soviet ships headed for Cuba turned back in the face of a U.S. naval blockade.
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Israel maintains a maritime blockade of the Strip and said the boat was being towed to the port of Ashdod.
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Representatives for Fuerabamba and Las Bambas could not immediately be reached for comment to confirm the new blockade was in place.
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The demonstrations have been fueled in large part by pervasive despair caused by the blockade which has caused widespread economic hardship.
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Police vehicles flash red and blue as dozens of gun-toting law enforcement mount a blockade outside a single-family home.
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The sound barrier was a real, impenetrable blockade, and trying to smash through it had cost several test pilots their lives.
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An ambulance was delayed in reaching her due to the blockade, and she was later airlifted to a hospital in Minnesota.
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In April, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told officials in Riyadh to end its land, maritime and air blockade against Qatar.
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"What happened reflects the anger against the occupation's crimes in Jerusalem and against the continued unjust blockade of Gaza," Barhoum said.
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With Manning out of the picture, Assange became the focal point, fending off a PayPal blockade and newly prominent rape charges.
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Imports of flour for his biscuits are haphazard because of a Saudi-led blockade at Hodeida, the country's largest commercial port.
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The blockade began on March 27, the company said, adding that it was working with Mexican authorities to resolve the issue.
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Over the summer, Haley called the blockade an "opportunity" for the US to clamp down on Gulf countries' support for terrorism.
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The protest started as a five-man blockade in July and grew to include dozens before it was disbanded last month.
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Many advocates on both sides of the issue saw Kennedy as the sole blockade preventing the court from overturning Roe v.
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Sergio Cubillos, president of the Atacama Indigenous Council, told Reuters a road blockade had shut down SQM's operations since Wednesday morning.
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French oil major Total has said 75 of its 2,200 petrol stations have run dry as "yellow vests" blockade fuel depots.
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Each faces its own headwinds—worst of all a Saudi-led airspace blockade of Qatar—but the shared mood is stagnation.
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The day before we arrived, they had arrested people attempting to cross police lines with food and water for the blockade.
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Yesterday, we denounced the US criminal blockade against Venezuela at the UN. Today, the Trump administration responds with desperation against us.
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Recent government airstrikes and a blockade on the port have made it difficult for civilians to receive the aid they need.
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