Based near Frankfurt, the firm survived two world wars, including a 1944 bombing raid.

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Born in Budapest in 1944 during a Russian bombing raid, Peterffy immigrated to the United States in 1965.

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Like A Quiet Corner of London, above, John Piper's Interior of Coventry Cathedral was painted in the immediate aftermath of a bombing raid.

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Speaking to the press for the first time, owner Clive Davies, 65, said the terraced property was left unscathed by a Luftwaffe bombing raid.

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Following the death of Alfonso Cano in a bombing raid, the Farc's new leader, known as Timochenko, said it was "worth betting on peace".

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Now, if this is indeed a U.S. bombing raid against these front-line positions it may signify the beginning of a campaign to roll back these Iraqi defenses toward Kirkuk and begin a campaign against that city in earnest.

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But even if the Americans were now to put pressure on Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, who was (like Yasser Arafat) in Washington this week, any consequent goodwill would be swiftly dissipated by a bombing raid on Iraq.

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Mr Walker also criticised the US for failing to name or send witnesses to his inquest, also in October, into the deaths of two RAF men shot down by a US missile after completing a bombing raid on Baghdad in 2003.

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