31.   Iraq, whose economy has been devastated by the sanctions, will buy food and medicine with the returns of the oil sale.

32.   Iraqis view that accord as the first crack in the sanctions that have devastated their economy.

33.   Jordan, a neighbor and key trading partner of Iraq, has voiced deep reservations about the U.S.-British proposal, worried that it would devastate its economy.

34.   Mitch devastates agricultural economies across Central America.

35.   Neither Croatia nor Serbia can afford a new conflict to further devastate their economies.

36.   Sanctions imposed against rump Yugoslavia to punish Milosevic for inciting the Bosnian war devastated its economy and excluded it from all multinational organizations.

37.   Royal Caribbean International said Thursday it was canceling cruise ship service to Haines, a move local officials say will devastate the economy of the tiny southwest Alaska town.

38.   Rwanda is moving from emergency reconstruction to long-term development planning after years of catch-up economic growth following the genocide, which devastated the economy.

39.   Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries that depend on the sale of oil and coal fear the measures could devastate their economies by reducing demand for fuel.

40.   Strict international sanctions and government mismanagement devastated the economy and left its people impoverished.