More countries …………………………….(send) planes to evacuate their citizens from the unrest in Egypt and leaders from around the world ………………………………… (ask) President Hosni Mubarak to seek a peaceful resolution to the anti-government protests.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Janice Jacobs …………………………… (tell) reporters that the first U.S.-government sponsored flight ………………………. (leave) Cairo on Monday.
China's state television …………………………………… (report) yesterday that a Chinese plane ……………………………… (be) on its way to start transporting the more than 500 Chinese nationals at the Cairo airport. In a statement late Sunday, China's Foreign Ministry ……………………. (say) "Beijing …………………………………… (hope) stability …………………………………… (return) to Egypt soon.
Azerbaijan, India, Iraq, Japan and Turkey ………………………………………. (send) planes on Sunday.
Nationals of Britain, France and China ………………………………. (be urged) to avoid non-essential travel to Egypt, but their governments ……………………………………………… ( not announce) plans for evacuations.
Pakistan …………………………………… (monitor) the situation to decide whether or not to evacuate about 150 Pakistani families.
U.S. President Barack Obama ………………………………….. (call) for an "orderly transition" to a more responsive government in Egypt, while European leaders ……………………………………………… (appeal) for free and fair elections in the world's most populous Arab nation.
White House officials…………………………. (say) Sunday that Mr. Obama ............................................ (speak) with the leaders of Britain, Turkey, Israel and Saudi Arabia over the past two days. He ……………………………… (reiterate) his administration's support of the broad democratic rights of the Egyptian people, including the right to peaceful assembly, association and free speech.
British, French and German leaders …………………………………….. (urge) their Egyptian counterpart, President Mubarak, to "embark on a process of transformation which should be reflected in a broad-based government and in free and fair elections."
Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ……………………………….. (not call) for Mr. Mubarak's resignation.
In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ………………………… (say) "My country ……………………………….. (follow) the anti-government protests in Egypt with vigilance". He ………………………….. (hope) that peaceful relations …………………………………………… (continue)
Egypt, the Arab nation of more than 80 million people ……………………………….. (have) a peace treaty with Israel and ………………………………….(be) a mediator between Israelis and Palestinians
Photo: AP-Travelers and evacuees stranded at Cairo airport
