First, while emergency relief is the first priority, plans for rehabilitation and reconstruction in the devastated countries have to be developed.

The Queen was devastated.

The cost of such events in terms of destroyed property and economic disruption has been rising steadily.

China s Self Destructive Maritime Strategy

Destructive strategies may not be far behind.

The destructive forces of natural disasters have also affected our lives.

This was especially strange, given that Australia has been one of the big beneficiaries of the Montreal convention, which banned ozone destroying gases.

The attack has also had a noticeable effect on Gaza's economy, with hardly any civilian infrastructure left untouched over 18,000 homes destroyed, as well as over 100 schools, 50 health care centers and 17 hospitals damaged or 20 destroyed.

Now language's subversive power has been recognized throughout the ages in censorship, in books you can't read, phrases you can't use and words you can't say.

US troops rendering honors to the Republic of Korea Navy destroyer (ROKS).

But a group of volunteers, known as the White Helmets, continue to rush toward the destruction.

We do not know whether superstorms like Sandy are harbingers of a new normal in the uneasy and unpredictable relationship between climate change and extreme weather events.

The Gulf Times broke the story with details of the devastating impact of the fire on the labourers.

Women, children and the elderly are continuing to suffer from the devastating effects of armed conflict.

Because of their destructive power, nuclear weapons in themselves represent a threat to international peace and security.

FAO supported the rehabilitation of destroyed and damaged greenhouses.

These stories would be no more than funny which they are certainly are if they were not so damaging to Italy and revelatory of the country s immobile politics.

Power especially destructive power implies the need for transparency.

This politically devastating sentiment fuels resentment against markets and financiers.

Weak national unity has underpinned an even more damaging pattern.

Alex Ulko on NewEurasia.net shares images of some of the destroyed objects.

One of the more dramatic types of tectonic features found on Enceladus are rifts.

Most refugees and displaced persons are still afraid to return to their devastated towns and villages.

It is crumbling because of the devastating effects of successive natural disasters and the ecological damage to its deteriorated environment.

Such devices have been among the most common and destructive means of terrorist attacks.

Countries like Germany and Japan have done even better, despite the hugely disruptive effects of war.

Because of the devastating floods that hit the country during 2002 the deal was put off.

Jones had been encouraging Temple members to adopt orphans from war ravaged Korea.

No country or group of countries should be permitted to have a monopoly of these devastating weapons.

Until Al Jazeera s mostly BBC trained journalists arrived on the scene, the average Arab citizen s news television diet was nothing more than protocol news, wire service video reflecting the latest in the Palestinian conflict, and dramatic photos of earthquakes or wild fires.

The EU s institutional architecture facilitated the pivot from devastating and recurrent wars to peace and prosperity.

I wanted the whole world to see these facts, to understand the devastation of what was happening.

Atlanta, or at least what was left of it after devastating fires, fell on September 2.

That destructive force can be effectively countered only with the unified effort of the world community.

Episodes of burning books and burying intellectuals alive had occurred before, but none was more radical than the destructive force unleashed by Mao.

Not the least damaging consequence of the Bush doctrine is that it dispenses with the need for public proof of aggressive intent.

Think that Barrack Obama has to recover Americas image destroyed by George Walker Bush.

These were the Platine War, the Uruguayan War and the devastating Paraguayan War, the largest war effort in Brazilian history.

The 20th century began in Gaza with two destructive earthquakes in 1903 and 1914.

We express our solidarity with them throughout this difficult period of rebuilding homes and the devastated areas.

The devastating effects of these natural disasters are directly related to the manner in which humankind interacts with nature.

Japan believes that the international community should be well informed of the destructive effects of nuclear weapons.

Young people in Gaza want to do something to help, even though they too, are in desperate need of help and psychological support. Most seek out shelters to help children. Some go to repair their partly destroyed homes and others go to help in the devastated areas.

Noting with concern the devastating effects of the HIV AIDS pandemic on family life, as well as the devastating effects on family life of other infectious diseases, such as malaria and tuberculosis,

The devastating effects of the new Palestinian strategy on Israel s international standing cannot be denied.