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Italians evacuated from Lebanon
ROME - Italy began evacuating its nationals from Lebanon on Saturday and France was preparing to do the same as Israeli planes pounded the country. Some 410 people left Beirut on an Italian convoy early on Saturday, Italys Foreign Ministry said. The group was mostly made up of Italians and other Europeans, who were expected to arrive in the Syrian port city of Latakia in the coming hours.Two C130 Italian military aircraft will then fly the group back to Rome, with help from a commercial flight departing from Cyprus, the ministry said. About 1,000 Italians were still in Lebanon and had not indicated they wanted to leave, the Foreign Ministry said. Posted by: Steve White 2006-07-15 |
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