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Nearly 2,900 Chinese evacuees from Libya reach Greece

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-02-26 16:55

A Chinese man, evacuated from Libya, calls his family at Greece's island of Crete Feb 26, 2011. [Photo by Fu Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]

HERAKLION, Greece - A charted vessel carrying 2,898 Chinese nationals evacuated from violence-wracked Libya docked at the Heraklion port of Greek's southern Crete island on Saturday.