EU, oil companies begin Libya evacuations
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European countries sent planes and ferries to Libya on Monday to evacuate their citizens, and some oil and gas companies pulled their foreign staff out and suspended operations, as anti-government protests spread to Tripoli for the first time.
Many countries had already urged their citizens to avoid nonessential travel to Libya, or recommended that those already there leave on commercial flights. But as Liby's bloody crackdown against protesters moved to Libya's capital, countries and companies alike stepped up their contingency plans. (AP)
