Tunisia Closes Main Border Crossing with Libya

Tunisia's state news agency says the country has closed its main border crossing with Libya after hundreds of Egyptians and Libyans tried to break through the passage while fleeing violence around Benghazi and Tripoli. Security officials say Egyptians who did not have visas into Tunisia broke through part of a fence at the Ras Ajdir crossing when authorities would not let them pass.   Police fired gunshots and tear gas into the air to stop the mob. Earlier this week, an...

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