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For the next 12 hours they laid waste to the city below, destroying thousands of buildings and killing hundreds of civilians.
BBC: Your Paintings: The secret artworks ordinary people own
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The letter, posted on Moussavi's Web site, said, "the use of violence against ordinary people, raiding people's residences just because they chant the sacred phrase of Allh-o-akbar (Allah is great), beating up women and men, destroying buildings" is not in line with the standards of the Islamic Republic.
CNN: Iranian protesters mostly unfazed by government warnings
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They say the rocket hit the rebel-held Jabal Badro district, destroying several buildings.
BBC: Syria conflict: 'Army rocket kills 31 in Aleppo'
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The blast tore through Peshawar's Peepal Mandi market area, destroying several buildings, including a mosque.
BBC: Peshawar blast search continues
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The impacts were severe, cutting power, disrupting communication services, destroying buildings and roads, and damaging agricultural area.
UNESCO: Programme meetings | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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In many areas of the world, floods, cyclones, and earthquakes occur cyclically, regularly destroying buildings, homes, and schools and causing hundreds, even thousands, of deaths.
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