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Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, walk with their belongings alongside a road, as they head to a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Egyptians who worked in Libya and are fleeing the unrest in the country pack a bus as they leave outside the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A soldier from the Tunisia army gestures, as men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, walk with their belongings alongside a road, as they head to a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 4, 2011. Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home Most of the Bangladeshis appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Refugees hold suitcases as they crowd the Libya-Tunisia border in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Wednesday, March 2, 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/Paolo Santalucia)

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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 try to reach a bus as Tunisia Army soldier tries to stop them at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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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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Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, wash themselves in a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 4, 2011. Many of the men were angry at their government's inaction in aiding their return to Bangladesh. Further adding to their difficulties, many appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way to the border. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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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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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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** FILE ** Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa (foreground) heads to a press conference on the unrest in Tunisia at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011.

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** FILE ** Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi announces a national unity government in Tunis, Tunisia, on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

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Egyptians, who used to work in Libya, and fled the unrest in the country wait for their breakfast in a makeshift refugee camp set up by the Tunisian army, at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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A Bahraini anti-government protester holds up a banner with pictures of former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, left, and former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, center, and says in Arabic "who is next?" at the Pearl roundabout in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Bahrain's opposition leaders gathered Sunday to examine offers for talks by Bahrain's rulers after nearly a week of protests and deadly clashes that have sharply divided the strategic Gulf nation.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Illustration: Haiti and Tunisia by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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** FILE ** Navanethem Pillay, U.N. high commissioner for human rights, speaks about the humanitarian situation in Tunisia during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)