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Both candidates talked up their pledges to tackle crime and immigration, as organised crime and kidnappings having risen in the country.

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A sharp increase in murders, kidnappings and extortion over the past decade has sown terror in Chile, one of Latin America's safest nations.

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The decision came after a lawsuit was filed against Davis by his ex-girlfriend accusing him of battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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It has attacked and burnt tankers carrying vital fuel to landlocked Mali from the coasts of Senegal or Ivory Coast, launched assaults on factories and mines alike -- and kidnapped more foreigners than ever before.

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The spat worsened in April when Algeria expressed outrage after one of its consular staff in France was arrested over the kidnapping of a government critic in Paris.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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