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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rapa" data-source="post: 22986" data-attributes="member: 212">Not sure about the source, but worth adhering...Please spread the word among yourFamilies/Friends/Companies/Groups/Associations etc...etc...!!!Tips given by a UN security advisor:* Avoid crowded places in Colombo and travelling around at night sincesudden curfews/security checks can't be ruled out.* Carry your passports/ID cards/business cards.* Have a mobile phone and key local contact telephone numbers with you.* If you have to go out at night, keep the interior lights on in the vehicle.* Always keep a slight distance from the vehicle in front so you canturn round or into side street if anything happens around you (drivershould be able to see the tyres of the vehicle in front).* If you are trapped in traffic and bombs or firing is taking placeget on the floor board or crawl out of the vehicle, lie on the groundand wait for things to quieten down.* If there is a ditch or drain nearby get in -dirty or not. Shrapneland T56 bullets can pierce the doors.* Don't run or shout.</blockquote>

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