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A group of 18 students and three teachers
from Northwestern College in St. Paul is safe after getting
stranded in Bangkok, where anti-government protesters have taken
over the airport.


      The private Christian liberal arts college says half of the
group is en route to Tokyo via Kuala Lumpur and the rest of the
group is getting ready to leave Thailand.


      The group traveled from Minnesota to France, Israel, Thailand,
Japan and Hawaii to teach English and build a Bible college. The
group arrived in Thailand on Nov. 14, and members have been
tutoring English at the Santisuk English Center at Thailand
University.


      As the group was preparing to leave Thailand for Japan,
protesters laid siege to Bangkok's two airports and shut them down.
Now thousands of people are stranded in Thailand.


      Northwestern says the group will finish its travels as planned,
and is scheduled to return to the Twin Cities on Dec. 17.

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