1.   At least one and perhaps two of the teens in local foster homes are among the five men charged in the recent kidnapping in the Seattle.

2.   But investigators said they did not know whether the recent kidnappings in Seattle and New York were orchestrated by the Fuk Ching or another criminal organization.

3.   Seeking to demonstrate its evenhandedness, the administration also announced Friday that it would deny visas to guerrilla leaders to punish the movement for recent kidnappings and economic sabotage.

4.   A wave of recent kidnappings has targeted journalists, including an Italian photographer who was freed and flown home over the weekend.

5.   But tiny Chechnya, teeming with weapons, remains troubled by lawlessness, threats of terrorist attacks on Russia and a spate of recent kidnappings.

6.   Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov has deplored the wave of recent kidnappings in the republic and pledged to cooperate with Moscow.

7.   Even before the recent kidnappings we tasted terrorism.

8.   Ex-Khmer Rouge from Kratie have been blamed for several recent kidnappings of wealthy Cambodians and aid workers for ransom.

9.   Guingona said some of the suspects were involved in the recent kidnapping of Ignacio Ong, son-in-law of business tycoon John Gokongwei.

10.   He has ordered armed groups to disband in a bid to demilitarize the republic and promised to be tough on gangs blamed for a wave of recent kidnappings.