Mr Milburn said the blockade was causing serious problems for NHS staff and patients.
Their movement is controlled by both Israel's blockade of Gaza and by the Hamas government.
But we don't know if this means that the Israelis have lifted their air blockade either.
McCain might well have the fortitude to impose a blockade, but Obama certainly will not.
The police blockade near the Boston bombing suspects' house here drew a growing crowd Friday.
Some activists aim to stage a further protest on Monday by forming a blockade outside Faslane.
But if oil starts to flow, Argentina might seek regional support for an economic blockade.
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French officials said Canada could be in charge of enforcing a naval blockade off Libyan shores.
Anti-nuclear group Trident Ploughshares said 20 members had joined a "blockade" during Monday's morning rush-hour.
It says the blockade could destabilise the country and lead to a humanitarian catastrophe.
Logging companies won an injunction, and the police arrested 20 protesters, ending the 19-day blockade.
Hamas leaders hope Mr Mursi, who is a fellow Islamist, will end the blockade.
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Israel imposed an economic blockade of Gaza when the militant group Hamas took charge in 2007.
They say Israel's five-year blockade of the territory is preventing crucial sanitation equipment from getting in.
Mr Erdogan has escalated his anti-Israeli rhetoric, insisting that Israel lift its blockade on Gaza.
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The airlift to Berlin continued until September 1949, when the Russian blockade was lifted.
Unless backed by a U.S. naval blockade, Iranian oil sanctions will be a bust.
This is without discussing the damage to markets that the European political blockade has caused.
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The blockade was part of action calling on the UK government to scrap plans for Trident renewal.
The Faslane blockade follows a march in Glasgow at the weekend organised by the Scrap Trident Coalition.
Mr Gates replied evenly that a stealth torpedo attack was quite different from enforcing a coastal blockade.
"We are against smuggling, and against the siege, " he added, referring to Israel's blockade of the enclave.
The activists were aboard a flotilla of aid ships trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.
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Mr Kuchma immediately signed the bill into law, and the opposition lifted its blockade of government buildings.
He is a left-wing hardliner and organiser of his party's blockade of government legislation in the Bundesrat.
"It's the people who are suffering from this blockade, " Mr Campos says, voicing a common Cuban refrain.
The union has also called for a no-fly zone over Somalia and a blockade of its ports.
It also threatened last week to blockade Moldova's rail system, if a debt is not paid promptly.
The blockade is especially frustrating for the impoverished cities that face each other across a closed frontier.
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