A teenager from Egypt accused of illegally protesting the Egyptian government defected to the US after participating in an international high school science fair held in Los Angeles.
'Abdullah Assem, 17, decided not to board a Cairo-bound plane Sunday for fear he would be arrested upon landing,' reports the LA Times. 'For the last four days he has stayed with family friends in Los Angeles County while he seeks asylum in the US.' He was one of 1,787 teens who took part in a six-day International Science and Engineering Fair sponsored by Intel at the Los Angeles Convention Center last week.
From Bob Pool at the LAT:
His project, 'Eye Detection and Tracking-Based Communication System for Tetraplegia Patients,' had qualified for the competition through one of the program's 450 preliminary science fairs. His research involved the use of eyeglasses and motion sensors to enable quadriplegics to use computers.
[Pic: Los Angeles Times]
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