1.   But when war shattered his homeland, it also shattered his dreams.

2.   He now faces the task of continuing to rebuild a nation shattered by war and unifying its feuding tribes and warlords.

3.   Blasts of cold mountain air slap against the hospital, rattling giant sheets of plastic hung to replace windows shattered by war.

4.   KABUL, Afghanistan -- Blasts of cold mountain air slap against the hospital, rattling giant sheets of plastic hung to replace windows shattered by war.

5.   The pipeline could mean foreign exchange for Afghanistan, an impoverished country with an economy shattered by war.

6.   The war also shattered the traditional agrarian economy of the area, leading to intense frustrations among slum dwellers who years earlier had been self-sufficient farmers.

7.   The war shattered four years of uneasy union between the former Marxist South Yemen and conservative, tribal North Yemen.

8.   The war has shattered a fragile four-year union between the former Marxist South Yemen and conservative, tribal North Yemen.

9.   The war shattered his adolescent dreams of becoming a pilot, and today he works as a builder.