A fallen tree obstructed the road.

It's a tearing during obstructed labor that leaves a woman incontinent.

The crowd obstructed the police in the discharge of their duties.

It has also gravely obstructed the work of the General Assembly.

Israel's intransigence had for decades obstructed the resolution of the crisis.

Incidents in which freedom of movement is obstructed or threatened, such as stonings of transport services, still occur sporadically.

It repeatedly obstructed the work of the Commission, forcing the Commission to close its field offices in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian regime has committed flagrant violations of the Agreement and obstructed the demarcation process for almost two years now.

The Government denied its citizens their human rights, and new legal measures monopolized information and obstructed political opposition and democratization.

In particular, UNRWA staff were repeatedly obstructed in their work, not least where the delivery of humanitarian assistance was concerned.

Those principles had been supported by all OSCE member States, except Armenia, which had prolonged the conflict and obstructed its solution.

Those who have rejected the faith and have obstructed people from the way of God, have certainly gone far away from the right path.

Those who have rejected the faith and have obstructed people from the way of God, have certainly gone far away from the right path.

It's about conserving emotions, conserving the traditions that have obstructed the mind in moving forward and of course what is radical is to confront them.

Other efforts to recast the Doha Development Agenda or prejudge the results of the Doha Round did not help the process but rather obstructed it.

She got pregnant, ran to the bush to have the baby, but you know, her body was very immature, and she ended up having obstructed labor.

Developed countries should adopt policies and measures that favoured rather than obstructed these countries' development, and in this regard the task of realizing the MDGs would be arduous.

Because of the wickedness of some among the Jews, and because they obstructed people from the way of God, We forbade them many things which were lawful for them

Because of the wickedness of some among the Jews, and because they obstructed people from the way of God, We forbade them many things which were lawful for them

Yet at every turn, their contribution is downplayed and their ambitions are obstructed. Women find themselves cut off from training and support. And they can face discrimination from the authorities and suppliers.

Yet at every turn, their contribution is downplayed and their ambitions are obstructed. Women find themselves cut off from training and support. And they can face discrimination from the authorities and suppliers.

The momentum generated by their frequent meetings between February and April proved helpful in correcting most of the individual and structural flaws that obstructed cooperation with the Tribunal and hindered compliance with EU directives to which Bosnia and Herzegovina had signed up.

We must underscore the fact that, in resolution 1296 (2000), the Council expressed its readiness to adopt appropriate measures in cases where assistance to civilians is obstructed, including evaluating situations in which impeding free access may constitute a threat to international peace and security.

The spokesman said that the United Kingdom had always been flaunting the freedom of speech, but the Chinese reporter was obstructed in every possible way and was even physically assaulted while asking a question and expressing own opinions at the side meeting. This was totally unacceptable.

Afterwards, according to the authors, they learned that the former Executive Secretary and a former member of the Commission had obstructed the examination of their case, and they filed a complaint for corruption against them in the OAS General Assembly, which did not act on the matter.

In fact, a sort of balance of terror obstructed any major reallocations by the big holders of reserves. An effort to diversify by selling a particular asset would have such a large impact on markets that it would produce large losses for any central bank that tried it.

Even these limited efforts are obstructed by the hardline Wahhabi camp, which controls the security forces, the judiciary system, and the real levers of domestic power. Indeed, Prince Naif, the Minister of the Interior and leader of the hardliners, has either silenced or imprisoned hundreds of the key Saudi reformers.

In order to ensure that the US is too harassed to be able to threaten it, Iran has consistently obstructed Bush s mission of regional transformation. The report urges the president to understand that the spoilers will not cease to be spoilers as a precondition of negotiations, but only as a result of them.

It was therefore essential for the commitments entered into at Doha and Monterrey to lead to a world trading system which did not place the poor countries in a subordinate position or impede their economic self determination and which barred from financial policies all exclusions and conditions which obstructed or restricted development.

In the US, polarized politics, gerrymandered Congressional districts, and a constitution that seems to check more than it balances, have obstructed reforms and left the country seemingly adrift in choppy waters. The middle class is being hollowed out, and failed overseas adventures have discouraged the once indispensable nation from bearing the burden of global leadership.

However, regardless of the reasons why humanitarian relief efforts have sometimes been obstructed, I should like to assure the Council and the rest of the international community of our strict commitment to our pledge in this regard and our consistent readiness to discuss, negotiate and enact any new measures that should be undertaken to overcome the obstacles we face.

PARIS In the early phases of the financial crisis, it was fashionable to argue that the United States system of regulation needed a fundamental structural overhaul. Differences of opinion between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had obstructed effective oversight of investment banks and derivatives trading (only the US believes that it makes sense to regulate securities and derivatives separately).

It is important to note, however, that which Egypt extended its full pledged support and cooperation for the goal of convening the forum, Israel regrettably obstructed the convening of the said forum by attempting to formulate an agenda that can only lead to doubts about the possibility of establishing a nuclear weapon free zone in the region and obfuscate the main obstacles that lead to the failure to establish a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East.