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Showing posts with label DC Examiner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DC Examiner. Show all posts

Monday, February 22, 2010

TE - Supporters of Iranian exiles in Iraq urge White House to restore military protection

From my archive of press clippings:

The Examiner

Supporters of Iranian exiles in Iraq urge White House to restore military protection

By: ROBERT BURNS


Associated Press


09/03/09 6:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON — Supporters of an Iranian dissident group based in Iraq called on the Obama administration Thursday to restore U.S. military protection for the exiles, who were attacked by Iraqi security forces on July 28.

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Saturday, March 7, 2009

DCE - Travel advisory affects area students' plans

DC Examiner

Travel advisory affects area students' plans


By Rachelle Brown

Special to The Examiner 3/5/09

Martin do Nascimento hoped he could volunteer while in Mexico for spring break.

Read the whole article here.

Snippet(s):

"The American University senior is part of a group of AU students who will be in Oaxaca next week for an alternative spring break, a service learning experience in which the students will study economic development in Mexico. They were also supposed to do a service project at the Mexico City garbage dump."

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"To increase safety and calm anxious parents, additional safety measures have been added for the trip to southern Mexico. Now students will have a nightly curfew, avoid public transportation and not travel on the bus overnight. Those changes meant adjusting the trip’s itinerary, and volunteering at the dump is off the schedule."