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| Two freed Canadians unable to leave Egypt |
| 2013-10-09 |
| Two Canadians released from an Egyptian prison after being held without charges since mid-August were barred from flying out of the country on Sunday, Cairo airport officials said. John Greyson, a Toronto filmmaker and York University professor, and Tarek Loubani, a physician from London, Ontario, had checked in for a flight to Frankfurt, Germany, but were prevented from boarding the plane after their names appeared on a “stop-list” issued by prosecutors, the airport officials said. The two Canadians retrieved their luggage and were free to leave the airport, the officials said. The Canadian Foreign Affairs department said Greyson and Loubani were released from an Egyptian prison on Sunday morning. Lynne Yelich, a junior minister for consular affairs, said in a statement released earlier Sunday that the Canadian government was working to get the pair back home. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 I'd like to see them stay there for a few years. They could report on conditions. They could report on whatever. I'd NOT want to see them back in Canuckistan for a long time. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2013-10-09 19:05 |
| #4 ...plenty of room at the Hotel California... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-10-09 13:19 |
| #3 the Canadian government was working to get the pair back home... but the embassy was closed due to the sequester |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-10-09 12:20 |
| #2 John Greyson, a Toronto filmmaker Mebbe he should do a remake of "On the Road to Morocco"? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-10-09 11:30 |
| #1 They should go to Rick Blaine's place - surely by now he has franchises all across the Sahara: Captain Renault: Rick, there are many exit visas sold in this café, but we know that *you've* never sold one. That is the reason we permit you to remain open. Rick: Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at r**lette. Captain Renault: That is *another* reason. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-10-09 07:43 |