1.   The area has been wracked by violence despite the peace talks, with paramilitary groups and guerrillas both killing innocent civilians.

2.   Parliamentary elections last June and subsequent by-elections have been wracked by violence, which human rights groups blame mainly on ruling party militants.

3.   Albania has been wracked by violence for months following the collapse of get-rich-quick schemes in which many Albanians lost their fortunes.

4.   As renewed violence wracked Kosovo, the Yugoslav government was showing no signs of softening its hard-line campaign against ethnic Albanian rebels in the province.

5.   As renewed violence wracked Kosovo, the Yugoslav government was showing no signs of softening its hard-line campaign against ethnic Albanian rebels in province.

6.   Bradford is the fourth northern city to be wracked by violence involving whites and people of South Asian descent in recent weeks.

7.   Bradford is the fourth northern city to be wracked by violence involving whites and South Asians in recent weeks.

8.   Bujumbura has been wracked by violence almost daily since suspected Hutu gunmen killed three Belgians and four Burundians in a highway ambush last Sunday.

9.   Dagestan has been wracked by violence this year, including the drive-by killing of the deputy parliament speaker and attempts to kill the prime minister.

10.   Fifteen people were arrested after overnight violence in Bradford, the fourth town in the region to be wracked by violence between whites and Asians.