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"Its development had been stunted by five decades of intermittent war.

The services that Telenor and Ooredoo, a Qatari rival, began to roll out last year are a crucial step towards reanimating an economy anaesthetised by five decades of dictatorship.

Companies from China and other Asian countries have long had a strong presence in Myanmar, but with the lifting or suspension of European and American sanctions, Myanmar is increasingly turning to the West for assistance in building a country that was impoverished by five decades of military rule.

There is no doubt Colombian society has been adversely affected by five decades of armed conflict, with an estimated 220,000 people killed and more than five million internally displaced.

Much of it has been ravaged by five decades of continuous, low-intensity civil conflict as armed groups vied for autonomy, ideology, and business interests, including the narcotics trade.

He had been addressed as "The Boss" by three decades of players.

Nothing is easy when trying to transform a country brutalized by three decades of cruel dictatorship.

Infrastructure has been ground down by three decades of civil war.

Warped, perhaps, by three decades of hounding by racists, Ms Madikizela-Mandela had turned violent, venal and unfaithful.

Luckily, I'm a fucking genius," Johansen growls, in a voice rendered basso profundo by four decades of dedicated smoking.

Some fear that younger Japanese, already chastened by two decades of job insecurity, will pull their purse-strings even tighter.