In parts, it is lined with large pre-war housing, but extensive bombing during the Second World War destroyed many such buildings.

Some of the eight sites may have been spared extensive bombing because they were not regarded as critical to the nation's nuclear-weapons effort, an official said today.

On 14 August 2006 around 7.30am, Sri Lankan Air Force carried out extensive bombing.

The extensive bombing caused numerous fires.

Only hours after Mr. Robertson's group was ordered out of the capital, the city was hit with extensive bombing carried live on every news channel.

United Nations planners paint a dire picture of Iraq after extensive bombing and ground fighting.

The pyramid was not affected by the extensive bombings in the Second World War.

As an important industrial area, the park suffered from extensive bombing, particularly during the Manchester Blitz of December 1940.

The Second World War brought renewed prosperity, despite extensive bombing of cities by the Luftwaffe.

Officials said the plans would permit extensive bombing of a wide area and include Bosnian Serb air defenses as targets, provided the United Nations agreed.