51.   But Castro has made an exception because of the devastation of Hurricane Michelle, which destroyed hundreds of thousands of houses and vast tracts of farmland.

52.   But Castro made an exception because of the devastation of Hurricane Michelle, which destroyed hundreds of thousands of houses and vast tracts of farmland.

53.   But rebels still control vast tracts of territory in eastern Congo, along the Rwandan and Ugandan borders.

54.   Cane plants had been torn out of the ground and strong winds had flattened vast tracts of cane lands in the north.

55.   Despite having vast tracts of agricultural land, Sarawak, like other States, imported billions of ringgit worth of food every year, he said.

56.   During the four-year rule of Massood and former president Burhanuddin Rabbani, vast tracts of Kabul, the Afghan capital, were destroyed by feuding Islamic factions.

57.   Due to deforestation, vast tracts of Amazon rainforests are lost forever.

58.   For centuries, the Turkana have ranged over vast tracts of land in search of better grazing and more water for their livestock.

59.   Floods have ravaged vast tracts of Afghanistan in recent months.

60.   From July to October, they lost vast tracts of territory they had seized as Yugoslavia fell apart.