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Article: CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST; Americans evacuated from Lebanon; U.S. Embassy officials in Beirut said Wednesday that an additional 2,000 Americans will leave Lebanon today. About 25,000 Americans are believed to be in the country. Minnesotans with ties to both Israel and Lebanon waited anxiously for news of loved ones and friends. Some Minnesotans in Lebanon have already left. A16.(WORLD)
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- July 20, 2006
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Byline: Shashank Bengali; Drew Brown
Larnaca, Cyprus -- CORRECTION PUBLISHED 07/21/06: This story incorrectly described the location of Cyprus. The island is located west of Lebanon.
McClatchy Foreign Correspondents
In the first mass evacuation of Americans from foreign soil since the fall of Vietnam three decades ago, a cruise ship with nearly 1,000 U.S. citizens fleeing the Israeli war on Hezbollah set sail for this small, muggy Mediterranean island late Wednesday.
The Orient Queen, a newly refurbished liner with a casino and two swimming pools, left Beirut's port in the first wave of Americans to be evacuated since fighting broke ...