They seem to be poised to disrupt Europe once again.

Of course, state ownership is not the only way to impede efficiency and dynamism.

This was, at the least, an attempt to hinder the investigation internally and procedurally.

Syrian blogger Jassas blames Syria's ruling elite of stalling development and reform in his country.

Freedom of navigation, vital for trading countries such as Japan and South Korea, would be seriously hindered.

In that respect, it is essential to resist the practices of certain countries that use trade protectionism to hobble the comparative advantages of developing countries.

Despite the ICC s seeming powerlessness, many governments leaders are engaged in strenuous efforts to block the indictment.

In another case of harassment, the army seized medical samples collected by Lebanese lawyer Diala Chehade from the bodies of the victims, obstructing any civil investigations into the matter.

The desire of Republicans to defeat the Democrats could lead them to use every maneuver to block votes and slow legislative reforms.

This acceptance was manifested in a constitutional structure that gave the Bosnian Serb region quasi independence and the power to obstruct the emergence of an effective central government in Sarajevo.

The restrictions on movement created rising unemployment and poverty that took the greatest toll on women and children, generating food insecurity and a decline in nutrition.

In June 2008, the UK Border Agency refused to grant her a visa to enter the United Kingdom because of her criminal conviction for obstructing justice.

No other legal provisions could be invoked to curtail those freedoms, and government interference in the activities of the media and censorship were prohibited by law.

A photocopy of an article entitled Secret training in Guinea to disrupt October elections from an unidentified magazine was found on an ex combatant in Voinjama.

They were designed not to impede Iran s nuclear program directly, but rather to increase the price that Iran s leaders must pay for pursuing their nuclear ambitions.

But the current incumbent, Binyamin Netanyahu, cannot have it both ways, conditioning nuclear disarmament on peace while doing everything he can to stall the peace process.

Vetocracy reflected in the Republicans routine Congressional obstructionism in Obama s first term is a threat to democracy.

BRUSSELS In 2005, France and the Netherlands both voted no to a constitutional treaty for the European Union, derailing years of integration efforts. They seem to be poised to disrupt Europe once again.

The Pakistan economy went through a difficult period in the decade of the 90s. Poverty increased, the currency suffered repeated devaluations, foreign and domestic debt registered an increase and the growth rate of the economy fell. Drastic measures were introduced to arrest the slide in the economy. These have borne fruit. The growth rate has picked up and foreign reserves have crossed the US 12 billion mark. The debt situation has also improved.

It has refused to resume negotiations, and it continues to erect obstacles and to create new realities on the ground in order to prevent the resumption of negotiations, showing a great indifference to the continuing cycle of violence, tension and instability in the region.

In the 1990 s, placating financial markets was also invoked to justify the reappointment of Bernanke s predecessor, Alan Greenspan, and it is now perennially invoked to block change at the Fed and other central banks.

Yet, according to all public opinion polls, close to 70 of the French support the demonstrators who are taking to the streets to block the very modest reforms introduced by President Nicolas Sarkozy s government.

Ozawa, had he become prime minister, would inevitably have been subjected to not only similar obstruction in Diet sessions but also to interrogation about his financing scandal, while fearing prosecution.

While the chance of a perfect storm with all of these risks materializing in their most virulent form is low, any one of them alone would be enough to stall the global economy and tip it into recession.

The latest intervention was initially planned as part of a European mission to support African forces, but France abruptly decided to act unilaterally to blunt the advance of Islamists who threatened to overrun Mopti, the last barrier before reaching the capital, Bamako.

Its leaders will now have to take much more resolute steps on the way to peace if the argument that they used to derail the Goldstone Report that it should be seen as hindering the peace process is to have any credibility at all.

As indicated in the report of the Secretary General before the Council (S 2005 604), efforts by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) to restore and maintain a secure and stable environment in the country have been severely hindered by the recurrent obstruction of the impartial forces' freedom of movement and operation.

While we are pleased to have an outcome document for this summit, we are profoundly disappointed that there has been a derailing of certain satisfactory arrangements previously agreed upon by this Organization over the past months for achieving a more secure world, free from want, free from fear, and with the freedom to live in dignity.