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The U.S. State Department has a free service designed to advise Americans of questionable or possibly dangerous conditions in foreign countries. There are three categories: Travel Warnings, Public Announcements and Consular Information Sheets. Each describes a level of awareness travelers should heed while outside the United States.
Travel Warnings: issued by the State Department, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a specific country.
Public Announcements: designed to enhance public awareness about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term and/or transnational conditions posing significant risks to the security of American travelers.
Consular Information Sheets: available for every country of the world. They include such information as location of the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in each country, unusual immigration practices, health conditions, minor political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security information, and drug penalties.
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