Current warnings for May 2008

This item appears on page 20 of the May 2008 issue.

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

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

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