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A resident of Ghana displays a piece of paper mentioning his nationality as he waits with other refugees to enter Tunisia after fleeing Libya on the Libya-Tunisia border in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Tuesday, March 1 , 2011.U.N. refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said Tuesday "the situation is reaching crisis point" at the Libya-Tunisia border where authorities say up to 75,000 people have fled Libya since Feb. 20. (AP Photo/Giorgos Moutafis)

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Egyptians who worked in Libya and are now fleeing the unrest in the country are seen inside a bus outside the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March 3, 2011. Tunisian officials are seen reflected in the bus window. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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2-year-old Egyptian boy Ahmed looks through the window of a bus as he leaves with his family, who worked in Libya and is now fleeing the unrest in the country, outside the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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The tented village for displaced people fleeing from unrest in Libya, at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday March 3, 2011. The camp was built to handle the large numbers of people crossing the border from Libya, and currently houses about 5,000 people, arriving in Tunisia carrying all their belongings. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Displaced people play soccer backdropped by their refugee camp, after fleeing from unrest in Libya, at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday March 3, 2011. The camp houses about 5,000 people, trying to handle the large numbers of expatriates crossing the border into Tunisia, carrying their belongings and horrific memories of the violence tearing apart Moammar Gadhafi's Libya. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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A displaced man looks out from his tent in a refugee camp for people fleeing from unrest in Libya, at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday March 3, 2011. The camp was built to handle the large numbers of people crossing the border from Libya, and currently houses about 5,000 people, arriving in Tunisia carrying all their belongings. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Men who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, warm themselves up by a fire as they wait at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Henry Becker directs trades in shares of MetLife on Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange, where investors watched stocks make substantial gains despite a surge in oil prices because of the turmoil in Libya and neighboring countries. (Associated Press)

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FLEEING FIGHTING: Egyptians who worked in Libya and are trying to get away from the emerging civil war there jam their belongings into a bus Thursday as they leave the country at the border near Ras Ajdir, Tunisia. (Associated Press)

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Libyan protesters wave a national flag during a demonstration against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, with the Green Book Centre building in background, in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Sign left reads "Glory for the martyrs." (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi addresses supporters and journalists in capital Tripoli on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Libyan state television via APTN)

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Indian workers attempt to get on a ship leaving for Alexandria, Egypt, from the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the flow of refugees into Egypt and Tunisia is putting "tremendous burdens" on the two countries. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates listens as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen speaks Tuesday at the Pentagon about the Libya turmoil. (Associated Press)

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A young anti-Gadhafi protester with her face painted in the colors of the old Libyan flag during a protest at the court square, in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Libyan anti-government protesters, some carrying monarchist-era flags, chant slogans as they demonstrate against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in the southwestern town of Nalut, Libya, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The town is currently in control of the Libyan anti-government forces. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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A Libyan anti-government protester, holds a monarchist-era flag, and a poster expressing his accusations, during a demonstration against Libyan leader Moamar Gadhafi, in the southwestern town of Nalut, Libya, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The town is currently in control of the Libyan anti-government forces. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Libyan anti-government protesters, some carrying monarchist-era flags, chant slogans as they demonstrate against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in the southwestern town of Nalut, Libya, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The town is currently in control of the Libyan anti-government forces. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Soldiers and dozens of tanks from the Libyan military's elite Khamis Brigade, led by Moammar Gadhafi's youngest son Khamis Gadhafi, take positions and check vehicles after arriving hours earlier on the road in Harshan, 6 miles east of Zawiya, in Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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REACHING OUT: Sens. John McCain and Joseph I. Lieberman discuss plans for Libya at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** British Prime Minister Tony Blair greets Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi at his desert base outside Sirte, south of Tripoli, Libya, in May 2007. (AP Photo)