21.   But Sankoh rejects any responsibility for the economic devastation and human misery wreaked by the long civil war.

22.   Economic growth in eastern Germany has been relatively rapid in recent years -- but from a base of economic devastation.

23.   Mbeki and Obasanjo said in Harare they had asked Mugabe and Tsvangirai to work together to rebuild the nation, which is suffering severe food shortages and economic devastation.

24.   The Georgian economy was one of the hardest hit by the economic devastation that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.

25.   The economic devastation in Iraq has also irked Arab leaders and complicated US diplomatic efforts in the Middle East peace process.