51.   Ruthless power struggles between his forces and those of rivals laid waste to whole neighborhoods of the Afghan capital and killed tens of thousands.

52.   Russian troops have laid waste to Grozny and stand accused of looting, murder and torture.

53.   The broadcast claimed that rebels had recently laid waste or occupied several districts, destroyed seven oil storage tanks and razed a village market.

54.   The civil war that followed killed thousands, laid waste to Kabul, and opened the door to the Taliban takeover two years later.

55.   The fighting has laid waste to much of Grozny, the Chechen capital, and left hundreds of thousands refugees.

56.   The LRA has been laying waste to large areas of northern Uganda in its attempt to topple the government of President Yoweri Museveni.

57.   The Khmer Rouge broadcast claimed its forces had recently laid waste or occupied several districts, destroyed seven oil storage tanks and razed a village market.

58.   The invading forces have long since taken the beachheads and are now spreading inland, laying waste.

59.   The Liberian government on Friday pledged not to support the brutal rebels who have laid waste to neighboring Sierra Leone and called on them to lay down their weapons.

60.   The overwhelming result infuriated pro-Indonesian militias, which reacted by murdering hundreds of people and laying waste to much of the territory.