As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 28 destinations: Eritrea, Syria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Philippines, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Burundi, Sri Lanka, Côte d’Ivoire, Georgia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Nepal, Pakistan, Somalia, Chad, Kenya, Yemen, Sudan, Iran, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Algeria, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Iraq and Central African Republic.
For details, call the State Department at 202/647-5225 or visit http://travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html.
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