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31 Jan 2011 22:12

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World: Flying out of Egypt: And you thought invasive pat-downs were bad

  • In a 22-kilometer (14-mile) route from our suburb to the airport we had to get through 19 checkpoints, including nine manned by civilians.
  • Markos Loukogiannakis, a Greek traveler • On trying to get to the Cairo airport in the midst of the protests. And this is before he even steps foot inside the airport! source