Current warnings for October 2009

This item appears on page 18 of the October 2009 issue.

As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 28 destinations: Mali, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Kenya, Afghanistan, Burundi, Nigeria, Haiti, Iran, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Chad, Nepal, Lebanon, Georgia, Sudan, Colombia, Algeria, Syria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, Côte d’Ivoire and Somalia.

For details, call the State Department at 202/647-5225 or visit http://travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html.

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