This is the second time that Beechcraft has gone down to Embraer and the second time that it has road blocked the process.

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Some Central and Eastern European applicants suspect that the French are lukewarm about bringing in new members and would be quite happy if Cyprus blocked the process.

ECONOMIST: The European Union and Cyprus

At the same time politicians in Brussels and Washington, grappling with the blocked Middle East peace process, had a eureka moment.

ECONOMIST: Is the best yet to come?

Moreover, and I want to emphasize this as Senator Lugar and Senator Biden have, for all of the examples that Senator Helms cited today -- for every single nominee who has been blocked at some point in the process -- when a majority of United States Senators, duly elected and sworn, have wanted to force an issue, it has been forced.

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It is understood that the BPI is hoping all three sites will be blocked before Christmas - far more quickly than the process has taken previously.

BBC: Technology

If he is blocked then all the accusations over control freakery raised during the Welsh leadership selection process are certain to re-surface.

BBC: Labour at mid-term

Unless licensed or authorized pursuant to this order, or Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000, any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process is null and void with respect to any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to this order.

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