11.   France, Spain and Britain said they had no immediate plans to evacuate their nationals from the country.

12.   Germany also has a unit of special forces which German media have speculated could be used to rescue or evacuate Western nationals, if necessary.

13.   In Belgium, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said the country is preparing to evacuate its nationals from Congo if necessary.

14.   Japan is also considering evacuating its nationals.

15.   Lebanon was seeking to secure a plane to evacuate its nationals, who were hard hit by looting.

16.   Singapore, Thailand and Australia were also making preparations to evacuate their nationals, as foreign embassies and governments warned their people to stay indoors.

17.   Several countries have aircraft standing by to evacuate their nationals when possible.

18.   Singapore, Thailand and Australia made preparations to evacuate their nationals.

19.   Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines have already evacuated their nationals.

20.   The Foreign Ministry in Paris said French nationals would be evacuated aboard the Portuguese frigate.