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Article: Christian school in Pakistan closes
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- August 18, 2002
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WAR ON TERROR
Christian school in Pakistan closes
After attack that killed 6, none of them students, campus says
it's not safe
By LISA J. ADAMS Associated Press
Sunday, August 18, 2002
Islamabad, Pakistan -- A school that has educated children of
Christian missionaries for nearly a half-century has closed for the
next year after an attack on the campus by Islamic extremists that
killed six people, the director said Saturday.
"Given the trauma to the children and the possibility of further
attacks, we cannot run a school that offers social and emotional
support for children at this time," Russell Morton said in a
telephone interview from the Murree Christian School, about 40 miles
northeast ...