1.   He must also clean up and revive an economy that has been devastated by decades of officially countenanced corruption.

2.   The zones lie in international waters over which Canada has claimed jurisdiction in the name of protecting fish stocks devastated by decades of overfishing.

3.   Afghanistan has been so devastated by decades of fighting that aid is required in almost every sector, Malloch-Brown said.

4.   Congo, formerly called Zaire, was devastated by decades of misrule under Mobutu.

5.   Rassoul cited issues ranging from his security to housing in a city devastated by decades of war.

6.   That brought a new era of peace and democracy to a country devastated by decades of war and the Khmer Rouge genocide.

7.   The cost of that, he said, would be continuing warfare in a country devastated by decades of bloodletting that pitted brother against brother.

8.   The cost of that, he says, would be continuing warfare in a country devastated by decades of bloodletting.

9.   The North Korean economy has been devastated by decades of mismanagement and the loss of Soviet subsidies.

10.   The Taliban is just the latest group to hold Kabul, which has been devastated by decades of power struggles.