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Blockades at fuel depots and strikes at refineries mean a fifth of France's gas stations are dry, or rationing gas.
French Demonstrations Against Retirement Reform Bill Gets Smaller 2010
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Blockades have been around for thousands of years and they have never been considered occupation.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010
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Blockades and restrictions of movement - further unacceptable cruelties.
Is there any action Israel could take that would be acceptable to the BBC? Not a sheep 2009
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Blockades known as narcobloqueos, in which gunmen hijack and torch vehicles, have occurred on the Guadalajara-Chapala highway.
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Blockades known as narcobloqueos, in which gunmen hijack and torch vehicles, have occurred on the Guadalajara-Chapala highway.
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Blockades have been around for thousands of years and they have never been considered occupation.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010
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Blockades and other forms of economic sanction are permitted in international law, which necessarily means that civilians will suffer through no fault of their own.
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Blockades certainly are during times of war or armed conflict.
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Blockades are a recognized tactic in war and there is nothing illegal about them.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Blockades are an act of war, but control of goods passing from your own state into another is not a blockade.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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