.- Tunisia threatened on Wednesday to report to the Security Council of the UN if he returns to shoot over their territory, after the Libyan conflict to expand beyond its borders. Rebels Libyan and Tunisian security sources said the president of the National Oil Corporation of Libya deserted and fled to a decision which, if confirmed, would be a blow to the efforts of Moammar Gadhafi to crush a rebellion by three months.
In the besieged city of Misrata clashes again after a pause. A doctor said seven people were injured, most rebel fighters in clashes with government forces on Tuesday. The Tunisian news agency TAP said the government would threaten Libya diplomatic actions by "the continued firing of rockets Libyan forces into Tunisian territory." "The Tunisian Government considers these acts as a belligerent behavior of the Libyan side, who has promised more than once to prevent their forces firing in the direction of Tunisia and has not respected its commitments," said a ministry source quoted by Foreign TAP.
At least four Russian-made Grad rockets fired from Libya landed on Tuesday in Tunis, according to a reporter at the scene. The rocket attacks against the government forced the rebels to withdraw Libyan border crossing briefly Dehiba-Wazin, but the rebels ended the day in control of the area despite the sustained bombing that killed three soldiers and wounded several others.
A Reuters reporter at the intersection said the bombing ceased on Wednesday morning and the border was reopened, allowing normal traffic flow. The crossing is vital for the rebels fighting in the west front of the Libyan conflict because there fall food, medicine and fuel to supply the villages in the mountains and ambulances to carry the wounded to hospitals in Tunisia.
The rebels have taken Benghazi and oil-producing region in eastern Libya, backed by a bombing campaign by NATO under a Security Council mandate to protect civilians. But the military victory that the rebels were seeking now seems distant and many rely on the collapse of the Tripoli government through defections and disillusionment.
The head of the state National Oil Corporation of Libya, Shokri Ghanem, a 68 year old technocrat respected international level which is attributed to the liberalization of the economy and the energy sector in Libya, is apparently the latest senior figure Gaddafi in desert. A government official in Tripoli said there were signs that Ghanem had deserted, but a Tunisian security source said on Tuesday that "it is in a hotel with a group of Libyan officials" in southern Tunisia.
The Minister of Finance and Energy rebel Tarhouni Ali told Reuters during a visit to Doha that Ghanem had abandoned his post. Canada, whose planes were involved in the NATO air strikes on Libya, said on Tuesday expelled five diplomats from the Libyan embassy in Ottawa for what he described as being "inappropriate." He gave no details on what had made the diplomatic and clarified that it was breaking relations.
In Misrata, the only town controlled by the rebels in western Libya, a doctor said seven people died in clashes between rebels and government forces. 
In the besieged city of Misrata clashes again after a pause. A doctor said seven people were injured, most rebel fighters in clashes with government forces on Tuesday. The Tunisian news agency TAP said the government would threaten Libya diplomatic actions by "the continued firing of rockets Libyan forces into Tunisian territory." "The Tunisian Government considers these acts as a belligerent behavior of the Libyan side, who has promised more than once to prevent their forces firing in the direction of Tunisia and has not respected its commitments," said a ministry source quoted by Foreign TAP.
At least four Russian-made Grad rockets fired from Libya landed on Tuesday in Tunis, according to a reporter at the scene. The rocket attacks against the government forced the rebels to withdraw Libyan border crossing briefly Dehiba-Wazin, but the rebels ended the day in control of the area despite the sustained bombing that killed three soldiers and wounded several others.
A Reuters reporter at the intersection said the bombing ceased on Wednesday morning and the border was reopened, allowing normal traffic flow. The crossing is vital for the rebels fighting in the west front of the Libyan conflict because there fall food, medicine and fuel to supply the villages in the mountains and ambulances to carry the wounded to hospitals in Tunisia.
The rebels have taken Benghazi and oil-producing region in eastern Libya, backed by a bombing campaign by NATO under a Security Council mandate to protect civilians. But the military victory that the rebels were seeking now seems distant and many rely on the collapse of the Tripoli government through defections and disillusionment.
The head of the state National Oil Corporation of Libya, Shokri Ghanem, a 68 year old technocrat respected international level which is attributed to the liberalization of the economy and the energy sector in Libya, is apparently the latest senior figure Gaddafi in desert. A government official in Tripoli said there were signs that Ghanem had deserted, but a Tunisian security source said on Tuesday that "it is in a hotel with a group of Libyan officials" in southern Tunisia.
The Minister of Finance and Energy rebel Tarhouni Ali told Reuters during a visit to Doha that Ghanem had abandoned his post. Canada, whose planes were involved in the NATO air strikes on Libya, said on Tuesday expelled five diplomats from the Libyan embassy in Ottawa for what he described as being "inappropriate." He gave no details on what had made the diplomatic and clarified that it was breaking relations.
In Misrata, the only town controlled by the rebels in western Libya, a doctor said seven people died in clashes between rebels and government forces.
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