1.   A ruined economy takes its toll, he said.

2.   The ruined Algerian economy has meant pervasive unemployment and a shortage of housing.

3.   There are some good reasons to be critical of this government, but remember that Primakov was called in to manage a disastrous political situation and a ruined economy.

4.   Unfiltered and raw, appealing even to black fear of a ruined economy, this is hardly the velvety approach of the typical New South white politician.

5.   Communist North Korea, now in its fourth year of widespread food shortages, needs aid to repair its ruined economy.

6.   Decades of neglect and corruption under Mobutu have left the country with little working infrastructure and a ruined economy.

7.   North Korea, in its fourth year of widespread food shortages, needs aid to repair its ruined economy.

8.   North Korea, now in its fourth year of widespread food shortages, needs aid to repair its ruined economy.

9.   The five-year conflict left the mountainous nation with a ruined economy and serious security problems.

10.   The peace treaty that culminated in the vote has been marred by clashes involving soldiers or demobilized fighters with little to expect in the ruined economy.