1.   People who claim that a noisy motorway has ruined village life are planning to carry on their campaign, despite accepting government compensation.

2.   It began with a trip to Cegrane, a refugee camp in Macedonia, where he talked with farmers agonizing over their return to the ruined villages of Kosovo.

3.   Only a few hostages have been allowed to meet reporters, and journalists have been prevented from entering the ruined village.

4.   This ruined little village buried its dead Monday in a bitter, tearful ceremony.

5.   Dozens and dozens of ruined villages dot the mountains of Takhar province.

6.   Hiding their faces with their veils and sheltering two nursing babies from the dust of the ruined village, they watched warily as an aid worker approach.

7.   Hundreds of weary Russian troops pulled back Wednesday on the fields around the ruined village to get out of the way for an all-out rocket and artillery attack.

8.   Russian troops and Chechen rebels battled each other Tuesday among burned out houses as federal forces tried to destroy the separatists and free their hostages in this ruined village.

9.   Score of dead were trapped under ruined villages in northwestern Iran on Saturday, a day after a devastating earthquake shattered the region.

10.   In a nearby field, three generations of men from one family were already at work preparing to plant wheat in the former vineyards around their ruined village.