41.   A rocket was reportedly fired near the palace of the governor of the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar, but officials Saturday denied the building had come under attack.

42.   The Sindh government building had come under attack last year, when militants had fired several rocket-propelled grenades.

43.   The building came down Thursday in the impoverished Wadi Abu Jmil neighborhood, trapping workers removing architectural ornaments before it was torn down by the Solidere development company.

44.   The land was seized under agricultural reform laws, while the buildings come under the jurisdiction of the religious affairs ministry.