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Minn. college students safe in Bangkok

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Thailand's irports remain closed
A passenger reads a book while waiting for his filght at a makeshift check-in terminal that was opened today at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in the district of Bang Na to help alleviate pressure on the military airport U-Tapao December 1, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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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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(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Thailand's irports remain closed
A passenger reads a book while waiting for his filght at a makeshift check-in terminal that was opened today at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in the district of Bang Na to help alleviate pressure on the military airport U-Tapao December 1, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Paula Bronstein/Getty Images