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Article updated: 12/29/2012 12:39 PM

State Dept. strengthens Haiti travel warning

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People walk by the remains of a market burned in an overnight fire in the Haitian capital's Market District in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Dec. 29. The market is one of several that have burned over the past year.

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The State Department has issued a revised Haiti travel advisory, warning Americans planning to travel to the Caribbean island nation about robbery, lawlessness, infectious disease and poor medical facilities. "U.S. citizens have been victims of violent crime, including murder and kidnapping, predominantly in the Port-au-Prince area. No one is safe from kidnapping, regardless of occupation, nationality, race, gender or age," the department said