"Reports speak about hundreds of casualties in each of the two battles, many wounded soldiers and many taken as prisoner, " Pronk wrote on his blog.

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Police and hundreds of activists fought pitched battles in Dhaka's main commercial district on Monday.

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The carvings cover hundreds of square metres and also depict battles and scenes from Hindu mythology.

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The French advance into northern Mali did not involve pitched battles with the hundreds of Islamist fighters that had occupied towns like Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu.

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Battles between Islamist insurgents and Ethiopian-backed government soldiers have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in the last 18 months.

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There used to be hundreds or thousands of these manuscripts, but they were destroyed by flood, fire, in battles and in religious purges, and also simply broken down by humidity and light.

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