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  • The village was mud-built and grass-thatched; the encircling wall was of mud, but quite tall.

    Chapter 21 2010

  • The worst in recent times hit the southern city of Bam in December 2003, killing more than 31,000 people – about a quarter of the population – and destroying its ancient mud-built citadel.

    Women Who Incite Extramarital Sex ‘Cause More Earthquakes’ Claims Iranian Cleric | Impact Lab 2010

  • China Central Television said the pair had been trapped under a bed in a collapsed mud-built house in a village about 13 miles (20 kilometers) from the hardest-hit town of Jiegu, until rescuers dug them out Monday morning.

    Survivors Found 5 Days After China Quake 2010

  • Over the last 25 years, Ali had slowly converted the original mud-built rooms into brick.

    Pakistan floods: people return home to find nothing left, nothing at all Saeed Shah in Drab Korona 2010

  • Today they were only going to their billets, in a one-street village of mud-built cottages.

    Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009

  • Working in his mud-built house in Kabul, Mohammed is a fourth generation kite maker, and competitor.

    CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2007 2007

  • Light resistance on the way here, and nothing but sand and mud-built shacks.

    To Topple a Tyrant 2007

  • Working in his mud-built house in Kabul, Muhammad is a fourth - generation kite maker and competitor, perhaps Kabul's most famous.

    CNN Transcript May 18, 2007 2007

  • ROBERTSON (voice-over): Using heavy artillery overnight, backed up by Cobra attack helicopters and troops by day, Pakistani military officials claim to be stepping up their pressure on as many as 400 al Qaeda members holed up in mud-built compounds near the Afghan border.

    CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2004 2004

  • ROBERTSON (voice-over): Using heavy artillery overnight, backed up by Cobra attack helicopters and troops by day, Pakistani military officials claim to be stepping up their pressure on as many as 400 al Qaeda members holed up in mud-built compounds near the Afghan border.

    CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2004 2004

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