Last EU evacuees to leave Libya by mid-week

By the 28 February 2010 only 500 or so EU citizens who want to leave Libya following unrest there were still in the country.

The news emerged as the European Union adopted sanctions including an arms embargo to be placed on the Gaddafi regime.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Press Release: IP/11/222: The European Commission facilitates support to evacuate Europeans from Libya http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/222&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection: European Civil Protection http://ec.europa.eu/echo/civil_protection/civil/index.htm

ESO: Background information: Regime admits 300 dead in uprising / EU and Washington signal sanctions http://www.europeansources.info/record/regime-admits-300-dead-in-uprising-eu-and-washington-signal-sanctions/

EUObserver, 28.2.11: EU readying arms embargo on Libya http://euobserver.com/9/31884

EurActiv, 28.2.11: France calls for special EU summit on Libya http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/france-calls-special-eu-summit-l-news-502573

BBC News, 28.2.11: Criticism-hit France sends aid to Libya opposition http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12594090

Deutsche Welle, 28.2.11: France sends aid to 'liberated' Libya region http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14879061,00.html

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