1.   Later taking their toll were World War I, the Great Depression and World War II, when both the town and the vineyards were virtually destroyed by shelling.

2.   Shelling also destroyed a school in the town of Idaikadu, the rebels said.

3.   Shelling had also destroyed a school in the town of Idaikadu, the rebels said.

4.   The main door is riddled with bullets, and the roof has been destroyed by shelling.

5.   A judicial investigation was opened at the end of February after the mutiny in which the presidential palace was partly destroyed by shelling.

6.   A judicial enquiry was opened after the mutiny, in which the presidential palace was partly destroyed by shelling.

7.   A judicial enquiry was opened at the end of February after the mutiny, in which the presidential palace was partly destroyed by shelling.

8.   Argun is now a ghost town where there is not a single building in the centre which has not been hit or destroyed by shelling.

9.   Ten civilians died when a factory and a house in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil were destroyed by shelling on Saturday, a UN official here told AFP.