Sunday, July 16, 2006

Nations evacuate expatriates from Lebanon

Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:12 PM BST

By Alaa Shahine

BEIRUT (Reuters) - European and Arab nations and the United States moved on Saturday to evacuate expatriates and tourists from Lebanon as Israel bombarded the country.
An Italian convoy of vehicles left Beirut on Saturday while the United States, France, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Poland, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates said plans were under way to ferry their citizens from Lebanon to Syria or Cyprus.

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