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Field Notes -- a glimpse at the way our correspondents work -- occasionally accompany The Post's dispatches from abroad.

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Field Notes: A Walk in the Ecuadoran Rain Forest (Post, August 7, 2008; 10:09 PM) Field Notes: New Yorkers on the Afghan Steppe (Post, August 5, 2008; 8:07 PM) Field Notes: In Khartoum, a Surreally Mundane Experience (Post, August 3, 2008; 8:35 PM) Field Notes: In Burkina Faso, Running Afoul of Mr. X (Post, July 20, 2008; 6:25 PM) FIELD NOTES: Protest Fatigue in Mexico City, A Daily Mess of Demonstrations (Post, July 15, 2008, Page A13) Field Notes: Nothing but Speedos in Sadr City (Post, June 9, 2008; 10:04 PM) Field Notes: An Abandoned Oasis Of American Comfort In Tiny Guinea-Bissau (Post, June 1, 2008, Page A17) FIELD NOTES: Despair to Dancing in Qatar (Post, May 26, 2008; 11:18 AM) Field Notes: The Road to West Africa (Post, May 24, 2008; 5:04 PM) Field Notes: Hiking Into the Heart of China's Quake Zone (Post, May 20, 2008, Page A14) Field Notes: Going Underground in Cairo (washingtonpost.com, May 18, 2008; 12:00 AM) Field Notes: Finding a Terror Suspect in Yemen (washingtonpost.com, May 16, 2008; 2:55 PM) Field Notes: Improvised Sea Passage to Beirut, for a Price (Post, May 15, 2008, Page A10) Field Notes: Twists and Turns in Congo (washingtonpost.com, April 30, 2008; 5:09 PM) Field Notes: Poking Around the Prisons (washingtonpost.com, April 28, 2008; 5:16 PM)

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