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Published on Twitter, Globe and Mail correspondent sends live updates from a border crossing jammed with refugees from Libya

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Libya's western border. 4000 people/day fleeing- Egyptians, Tunisians, Libyans.

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Scene from the Libya-Tunisia border: An endless caravan on foot, carrying possessions. Tough journey, some harassment but little violence

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A superb Merguez sausage and egg sandwich awaits those fleeing across the Libya-Tunisia border.

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Tunisian town's boy scouts providing water, sandwiches for fleeing Libyans.

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Hundreds of Tunisians volunteering to help people. Proud of their revolution, want it to spread.

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"I saw a man shot in the stomach in Tripoli Sunday; that was when I decided to leave."

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A furtive prayer of gratitude. But most here just relieved, exhausted, harrassed.

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