Accused Americans Leave Egypt, Officials Say
Source: NY Times
Americans who had been stuck in Egypt left the country Thursday evening after Egyptian officials lifted a travel ban imposed as part of a politically charged criminal case against four nonprofit groups here, a senior official with the Obama administration and witnesses at the airport said.
A lawyer involved in the case said one of the seven Americans who was cleared to leave chose to stay behind, but there was no immediate confirmation of that from Washington.
The Americans were allowed to go after they agreed to return for their trial and after nearly $5 million in bail was posted.
The United States provided a chartered plane, but a diplomat traveling with the Americans suggested some of the people leaving may have gone on other aircraft.
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