1.   Crime plagues the inner city.

2.   Car crime has plagued the John Radcliffe Hospital for years.

3.   And violent crime plagues Mexico City and other urban centers.

4.   But violent crime plagues large cities, and despair afflicts countless peasant farmers who have suffered drought and official neglect.

5.   Violent crime plagues large cities, and despair afflicts countless peasant farmers who have suffered drought, official neglect and plummeting prices for their crops.

6.   Chechnya has been plagued by crime, including a series of kidnappings for ransom, since the last Russian troops withdrew in December.

7.   Chechnya, a southern republic which last fall defeated Russian troops in a two-year war for independence, has been plagued by crime.

8.   Dagestan borders on the secessionist republic of Chechnya and is plagued by crime.

9.   Despite the end of fighting in Chechnya, the breakaway republic and the surrounding regions have been plagued by crime, which local authorities have had trouble controlling.

10.   Despite the end of fighting in Chechnya, the breakaway republic and the surrounding regions have been plagued by crime.