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...Africa, rather than Yemen - some even at lower prices. When questioned about this, SOS Voyages to Comoros argued that seats on other airlines are often fully booked, leaving travelers no choice but to fly Yemenia. "People only fly Yemenia if they can't get on the others," explains Mustapha Abdou-Raouf, the association's Paris representative. "Those who died had to fly Yemenia if they wanted to get to the Comoros this summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does the E.U.'s Airline Blacklist Make Flying Safer? | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

...Outside the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in east Beirut, Abdou Shafai Ismael, 38, from Sudan, has a story that contrasts sharply with that of the American tourists and students being floated to safety on Norwegian cruise ships. While they may complain about having to pay back the U.S. government for the costs of their evacuations, from the darting look in his eyes, I think Ismael would go to great lengths (perhaps questionable ones) in order to have a spot on a boat to Cyprus. Many of the 100 or so other men milling around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beirut's Real Refugees | 7/18/2006 | See Source »

...army behaving like an occupying force." Hundreds of British, American, Belgian, Dutch and Lebanese nationals, as well as more than 3,000 French residents were evacuated. "We are ready to fight for our freedom, to fight for our rights and liberty of Ivorians," vowed local evangelical preacher Cissé Abdou at an anti-French demo last week. French President Jacques Chirac - with the U.N.'s blessing - sent 4,600 troops to Ivory Coast in late 2002; they are trying to enforce a fragile 2003 peace agreement between government forces in the south and insurgents controlling the north. Combatants will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worldwatch | 11/14/2004 | See Source »

...terminal, Andrew K. Abdou, a sophomore at Northeastern University, was frantically muttering into his cell phone as he sped up the stairs. Two minutes later, Abdou was berated by fellow traveler Bobby P. McGee of Emerson College...

Author: By Nan Lin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Travel, Relax During Long Weekend | 10/12/2004 | See Source »

...It’s my parents’ anniversary,” said Abdou. “Their 27th, I think. Maybe 28th...

Author: By Nan Lin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Travel, Relax During Long Weekend | 10/12/2004 | See Source »

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