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Over 4,600 Chinese evacuated from Libya

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-02-24 16:38

BEIJING -- As many as 4,600 Chinese nationals had been evacuated from riot-torn Libya by Thursday morning, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu.

Among them, more than 4,000 were transfered to the southern Greek island of Crete by two vessels, over 400 were evacuated to Egypt by land, and the rest were on their way home by a chartered plane, according to Ma.

The first chartered plane sent by the Chinese government left Libya at 1:40 pm Thursday of Beijing time, carrying more than 200 Chinese, Ma told a regular press briefing.