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- <text id=90TT1761>
- <title>
- July 09, 1990: World Notes:The Philippines
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- July 09, 1990 Abortion's Most Wrenching Questions
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 38
- World Notes
- THE PHILIPPINES
- Farewell to the Peace Corps
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> In its 29-year history, the Peace Corps has sent more
- workers to the Philippines, some 7,500, than to any other
- country. So it was more than a routine change last week when
- Washington suspended the program and flew all 261 current
- volunteers home. The reason: "very reliable" U.S. intelligence
- reports that insurgents of the communist New People's Army had
- targeted Peace Corps volunteers for attack.
- </p>
- <p> Over the years, Peace Corps workers have been withdrawn from
- a handful of countries because of political unrest, but never
- before in the face of direct threats. Philippine officials said
- they knew of no specific dangers for the volunteers and
- suggested that Washington had acted hastily. But concern for
- the safety of U.S. personnel in the Philippines has reached a
- critical stage. The N.P.A. is thought to have murdered eight
- Americans since April 1989.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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