1.   Chechnya has become a center of violent crime, including rampant kidnappings and shootings, since the end of its independence war against Russia two years ago.

2.   Chechnya has become a center of violent crime, including rampant kidnappings and shootings, since the end of its war for independence from Russia two years ago.

3.   Mostly Muslim Chechnya has become a center of violent crime, including rampant kidnappings and shootings, since the end of its independence war against Russia two years ago.

4.   On Monday, Estrada claimed his first major victory against rampant kidnappings with the arrest of eight suspected kidnappers and the rescue of four victims in the northern Philippines.

5.   The government has linked the MILF to rampant kidnappings in the southern Philippines.

6.   Earlier, the president of the FCCCI denied that members of his group were transferring capital to other countries because of reports of rampant kidnappings.

7.   Filipino-Chinese businessmen in this southern Philippine city on Sunday pleaded with the national government to take more stringent measures in dealing with rampant kidnappings for ransom.

8.   Rampant kidnappings, mostly of ethnic Chinese-Filipinos, remain a problem for the police.

9.   President Fidel Ramos on Monday ordered rebel leader-turned-regional governor Nur Misuari to crack down on rampant kidnappings in the southern Philippines, officials said.