On Libya-Tunisia border, refugees plead for help to go home

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from Christian Science Monitor
Published on 03 Mar 2011 View Original
More than 95,000 refugees have crossed the remote desert border post at Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, in the past 10 days. President Obama said the US military would help transport home refugees from Libya, and the European Commission boosted aid.

By Scott Peterson, Staff Writer / March 3, 2011

Ras Ajdir, Tunisia

The flow of refugees pouring into Tunisia to escape the upheavals in Libya slowed for a second day on Thursday, prompting questions about whether Libyan authorities were deliberately trying to stem the tide.

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