27.01.2012                      03.Schwat. 5772                      Auschwitz-Gedenk-Tag

Kairo:

US outraged as Egypt bars Americans from leaving

Son of US transportation secretary among those banned; Egypt charges four people with running illegal group.

Six Americans working for publicly funded US organizations promoting democracy in Egypt have been barred from leaving the country, provoking angry demands in Washington that Cairo's new military rulers stop "endangering American lives".

Among those hit by travel bans – one of those targeted called it "de facto detention" – is a son of US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, as well as other foreign staffers of the International Republican Institute and National Democratic Institute, officials at the two organizations said….