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Villages down, farm houses in rubbles, the railway system twisted and torn, all the copper and wire taken from the electrified railways of Holland by the Germans in their last defeating days.
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Kyodo News/Associated Press Residents walked through rubbles of collapsed homes in Iwaki, Japan.
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I found little children playing on the rubbles of this building which really made me sad.
Global Voices in English » Palestine: The Experience Of Ramadan In Gaza 2009
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It is HILARIOUS that AppleBoy chides the Russian for spending their precious rubbles on supplying Mir station in it's final years, with minimal or no scientific returns.
Russia Sees Future for its ISS Modules Beyond 2020 - NASA Watch 2009
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It's easy to talk about counting your rubbles when your country has twice Russias population.
Russia Sees Future for its ISS Modules Beyond 2020 - NASA Watch 2009
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"We listen to it . . . the rumour of money withering out of the walls and floors and out of the granite kitchen countertops, turning them back to bricks and rubbles and stone."
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Don't forget that they were spending their precious rubbles on supplying Mir station in it's final years, with minimal or no scientific returns.
Russia Sees Future for its ISS Modules Beyond 2020 - NASA Watch 2009
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In the aftermath of the Israeli offensive of 2009, the UNDP launched a project where they would collect home debris and rubbles and use them to sustain the Gaza sea port.
Hani Almadhoun: The Environmental Toll of the Gaza Siege 2010
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In the aftermath of the Israeli offensive of 2009, the UNDP launched a project where they would collect home debris and rubbles and use them to sustain the Gaza sea port.
Hani Almadhoun: The Environmental Toll of the Gaza Siege 2010
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Search teams are still looking for signs of life beneath mounds of rubbles.
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