1.   Thousands of Chechen refugees fled the Russian bombs that flattened their villages.

2.   He said Doctors Without Borders teams in Chechnya and the neighboring republics of Ossetia, Dagestan and Ingushetia have reported that some Chechen villages are being flattened.

3.   In Shari Basurkh, near the epicenter, half the village was flattened by the violent shaking.

4.   In Shari Basurkh, near the epicenter, half the village was flattened by the violent shaking that residents said lasted four minutes.

5.   The earthquake triggered landslides and flattened entire villages.

6.   Their village was flattened in the blast.

7.   Visitors to the region said they saw entire villages flattened by the powerful earthquake.

8.   Iran-quake TEHRAN - Eight villages were flattened by a strong earthquake which hit eastern Iran near the Afghan border, the official IRNA news agency reported.

9.   Entire villages have been flattened near Bagram, which was for months the frontline between the Taliban forces and those of the Northern Alliance.

10.   Eight villages were flattened by a strong earthquake which hit eastern Iran near the Afghan border on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.