[sarcasm]

Reynald Doiron, a spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs, said two consular officials would visit Rizk on Tuesday to see if he needs money, reading material or help reaching relatives in Canada.

So considerate of them.

[DainBramage]

"A restaurant receipt can be a very important element to reconstruct the man's movements"

Just getting the poop?

[paolop]

Rizk.... this is a big Lebanese family, with relatives in the US.

[Stefan Stackhouse]

He has maintained through both his lawyers that he opted for the unusual mode of transportation because he feared a powerful brother-in-law in Cairo, and felt he wouldn't be able to leave the country through the airport.

And here I had guessed that he had gotten one of those incredibly low-priced fares through Priceline.com.