The judicial arm of the State was particularly hard hit.

With a wife fatally stricken and an innocent, ailing child demanding immediate attention...

It was the hardest hit of any country in the world.

Developing countries, moreover, have been hardest hit.

Those conditions had dealt a severe blow to the Palestinian economy.

The sport sector has also been significantly affected by the United States embargo.

This year's hurricane season hit my country very hard.

This is an obvious failure and a hard blow to the credibility of this body.

Under those provisions, kidnapping, assault and torture of children constituted serious crimes and were subject to maximum punishment.

The island had already been hit by an earlier major disaster in 1989, in the shape of Hurricane Hugo, which caused extensive damage to over 90 per cent of housing.

The rural economy was seriously affected by the return of private property and agricultural reform.

A foreign Power can in fact avail itself of nationals of the country which it proposes to attack in order to do serious harm to that country.

The kidney punch and the rabbit clout.

It is now a well known fact that our region is the hardest hit by the spread of HIV AIDS.

Clearly, this would lead to serious lacuna in the international fight against organized crime.

In the residential districts of Munich, Mannheim and Karlsruhe, we suffered important damages.

As earlier described (A 60 63, para. 286), fishing communities were the worst hit by the tsunami.

The livelihoods of many people residing in small villages along the coastline, particularly in the north eastern regions, were devastated.

Maldives was devastated by the tsunami of December 2004, which will have a severe impact on its performance in 2005.

If you hit a man followed hard on the head, Even once You can damage your brain and even kill him.

There's the heavy hitting sound of rock.

Thus, the fight against transnational organized crime was crucial to collective efforts to advance human freedom and dignity, to combat terrorism and to create conditions for sustainable development.

In the same context, respect for the rule of law requires that we address more serious crimes against the international community hence the pivotal role of the International Criminal Court in combating war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

National security and the well being of the international community are sorely affected by the difficulty of combating the drug trade.

A heavy weight boxer punches you straight in the face 58 Gs.

The States affected are all developing countries, and for them this is a major calamity billions of dollars in damage and the destruction of economic livelihoods.

The forces of intolerance, extremism and violence have to be tackled vigorously.

Secondly, domestic violence against women must be vigorously combated.

It hit pretty hard in Vientecito.

Noting further that the Caribbean region has been hard hit, and in some cases devastated, by hurricanes in the recent past, and concerned that their frequency, intensity and destructive power continue to pose a challenge to the development of the region,

You've been badly beaten up.

The Deputy Minister emphasized that Azerbaijan participated actively in regional cooperation to combat organized crime, in particular within the framework of GUUAM as regards the fight against organized crime and other serious crimes.

For example, a landmark law against organized crime entitled the Combating Organized Crime Law, 5763 2003 ( Combating Organized Crime Law ), classifies trafficking in women as a felony.

The Turkish nation, which unfortunately experienced a major earthquake in 1999, wholeheartedly sympathizes with the nations affected by the latest natural disaster.

Torture most commonly involves severe beatings, which may include slappings, kickings, punchings, but also beatings with a wooden stick or truncheon.

The new legislation focuses more on combating fraud.

The Combating of Rape Act provides for stiff minimum sentences for rapists.

A failure in the referendum would represent the first serious blow to policy of the pro Western government since it took over in May last year.

27. However, these exciting developments happen to converge with a period of budgetary contraction, which has hit especially hard in the field.

Noting further that the Caribbean region has been hard hit, and in some cases devastated, by hurricanes in 2004, and concerned that their frequency, intensity and destructive power pose a challenge to the development endeavours of the region,

The Government of Pakistan believes that the Indian nuclear tests have dealt a devastating blow to global non proliferation efforts and have also gravely jeopardized international peace and security.

It has been alleged that snipers were used as well and that the majority of those killed or wounded were shot in the head or upper part of the body, showing an intention to kill or cause serious bodily injury in contravention of article 27 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

One speaker cautioned that the tools developed in the fight against terrorism and in the context of a serious threat to national security should not be used, or abused, in the fight against other forms of criminal activity.

Some speakers cautioned that the tools developed to fight terrorism as a serious threat to national security should not be used or abused in fighting other forms of criminal activity.

One speaker cautioned that the tools developed to fight terrorism as a serious threat to national security should not be used or abused in fighting other forms of criminal activity.