11.   Australia prepares to evacuate its citizens.

12.   British officials denied reports Thursday the former colonial power had plans to evacuate British citizens from strife ridden Zimbabwe.

13.   Commercial airlines in Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia are also planning extra flights to evacuate citizens if necessary.

14.   Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini also told an emergency session of the Senate foreign affairs committee that Italy had no plans now to evacuate its citizens from Albania.

15.   France has no immediate plans to evacuate its citizens.

16.   French troops who have been backing loyalist soldiers in the capital also have evacuated French citizens, but no numbers have been given.

17.   He said there were no plans to evacuate Swiss citizens from Afghanistan and neighboring countries.

18.   It was not possible to confirm reports that the United States was preparing to begin evacuating its citizens there.

19.   Japanese military preparing to evacuate citizens from Japan.

20.   Japan is considering evacuating its citizens.