1.   Civil war has wracked the country since.

2.   Despite strong economic growth, the country is wracked with drug-related violence and revolutionary guerrilla activity.

3.   The country has been wracked by political turmoil for two years, and regional leaders consider the accord a big step toward bringing stability to the country.

4.   The country is wracked by drug-related murders, left-wing guerrilla violence, right-wing paramilitary violence, and indiscriminate mayhem.

5.   The royal family has begun to face the same kind of violence that has wracked other countries in the region at a time when its leadership is in transition.

6.   A conference on Algeria organized by Europe could help end the violence that has wracked the country for three years, President Francois Mitterrand said Friday.

7.   Algerian journalists reacted with indignation, accusing the government of trying to whitewash the violence that still wracks the country.

8.   All three countries have been wracked by conflict and economic disruption.

9.   Algerian journalists reacted with anger, accusing the government of trying to whitewash the violence that still wracks the country.

10.   Argentina had reneged on its foreign debt and foreign debt repayments and the country was wracked by major internal problems, he said.