After the Iranian revolution in 1979, in 1980 the government demolished the red light district.

In recent years the government has demolished many Hindu temples, causing concern among the Indian population.

In the early 1980's, the government bought 238 homes nearest the toxic dump and demolished them.

The government bought the property and demolished the building and an adjoining town house.

Additional damage was done when the government demolished some areas of the building considered to be "unsafe" a few days after the fire.

And local governments have demolished homes in some Haitian settlements.

The Latvian government, however, demolished much of the fortifications several years later.

In 1909 the government demolished part of the quarter, and the neighborhood was again attacked during the labor riots of 1918.

But the new religious government demolished the area, and prostitution became punishable by lashing.

The new religious government demolished the district and punished prostitution with lashing.