~ MAKE WAY FOR THE RATS!! THE SHIP IS SINKING!! UN To Evacuate Staff From Egypt...!! ~

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~ MAKE WAY FOR THE RATS!! THE SHIP IS SINKING!! UN To Evacuate Staff From Egypt...!! ~

~ From the article:

CAIRO (AP) - The United Nations moved Thursday to evacuate much of its staff in Egypt, while about 5,000 passengers besieged Cairo airport a day after the protests that have gripped the Egyptian capital degenerated into a bloody street brawl.

The U.N. was sending in two chartered aircraft to take 350 staff and their families to Cyprus, said Rolando Gomez, a spokesman for its peacekeeping mission on the Mediterranean island. Each aircraft was to make two roundtrips to Cyprus.

"The staff will be temporarily relocated due to the security situation in Egypt," Gomez told The Associated Press, adding that arrangements had been made to accommodate up to 600 staff and their families at hotels in Cyprus. It was unclear whether they would remain on the island or head to other destinations.

Gomez said some U.N. staff will remain in Egypt to carry out "essential functions."

The United States said more than 1,900 Americans had been evacuated in three days of flights, and additional flights were planned for Thursday. The State Department said that even citizens whose passports had expired within the past decade could go directly to the airport, reflecting the urgency of evacuating people even if their travel documents were not in order.

~ The article from the website:

[link to apnews.myway.com]

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