1.   Drought had devastated her village and social progress, particularly for women, was being blocked by the all-consuming search for water.

2.   The village was devastated by Serbs during the Bosnian war and is the site of several mass graves.

3.   A remote Philippine town ran out of coffins Saturday for more than a hundred people who died when huge waves whipped up by typhoon Angela devastated their villages.

4.   A tornado struck without warning Tuesday and devastated several villages in Midnapore district in West Bengal in less than two minutes.

5.   A strong earthquake shook southern Croatia on Tuesday, further damaging villages already devastated in a quake almost two weeks ago.

6.   Money will also be spent on rebuilding homes destroyed during the quake, which devastated villages across the Baglan region.

7.   Sudan appealed Tuesday to local and international organizations to help thousands left homeless by floods that have devastated villages along the Blue and White Niles.

8.   Ten days after a strong earthquake devastated several villages in southern Croatia, new aftershocks were reported in the area.

9.   Sudan appealed Tuesday to local and international organizations to help thousands left homeless by flash floods which devastated nine villages.

10.   The day after a Chinese village was devastated by a rocket that crashed on takeoff, an Israeli businessman surveyed the damage, video camera in hand.