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(Wirthlin Worldwide) What cities or countries are vacationers
most frightened to visit? According to a poll for Burston-Marsteller:
The Middle East ......................... 30 %
New York City .......................... 18 %
Iraq ........................................... 18 %
Israel ......................................... 14 %
Iran ........................................... 13 %
Los Angeles .............................. 12 %
Bosnia/Herzegovina ................... 10 %
Miami ......................................... 8 %
Russia ......................................... 8 %
South Africa ................................ 4 %
(UN) The United Nations - as of early1997 - has a peacekeeping
force of 25,649 soldiers. Out of the 185 UN member states, 71 nations provide
peacekeepers. Though the United States may foot the lion's share of the
UN budget, the USA contributes only 759 soldiers to the UN peacekeeping
force. That doesn't even make the top ten:
1) Pakistan ............................. 1704
2) Russia ................................ 1215
3) India .................................. 1208
4) Bangladesh ........................ 1178
5) Jordan ............................... 1127
6) Brazil ................................. 1113
7) Poland ............................... 1065
8) Canada .............................. 1060
9) Uruguay ............................... 911
10)Finland ................................ 910

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