She, her husband and four other people are charged with trying to obstruct the investigation.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

It is also unlikely to help those countries like Britain that are trying to obstruct and delay what they suspect is an Iranian nuclear weapons programme - a programme Tehran denies.

BBC: Why Iran's capture of US drone will shake CIA

At the time they seemed like zealots who were trying to use what little power they had to obstruct Mr Schwarzenegger and the Democratic majority.

ECONOMIST: California

Israel is under a government which has done much to obstruct that process, by refusing to negotiate and trying to prevent the formation of a Palestinian state.

ECONOMIST: Israel and Palestine

"Now that Facebook, despite trying hard, has not been successful in the German market, the company seeks to obstruct StudiVZ through court action, " said Chief Executive Mark Riecke on Monday.

FORBES: Face-Off For StudiVZ