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China charters flights to bring Cairo-stranded home
Updated: 2011-01-31 14:18
(Xinhua)
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 A chartered plane of Air China leaves Beijing for Cairo, capital of Egypt at around 11:30 am, to bring back Chinese stranded at the Cairo Airport January 31, 2011. More than 500 Chinese are currently stranded in Cairo and the plane would carry 265 of them back. A Hainan Airlines flight later left to bring the rest home. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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