Tunisia Threatens Libya Over Rocket Attacks

Tunisia has threatened to statement Libya to the UN Security Council if it fires on boundary areas once more amid claims rockets were fired by Colonel Gaddafi's forces. Weight has been piling on the Libyan head after an obvious defection by his oil minister and additional Nato air strikes on Tripoli.

Now, a Tunisian foreign ministry source has warned the government would take following action over "ongoing firing of rockets" towards Tunisian country. Earlier on Tuesday at least four Russian-made Grad rocket fired from Libya landed inside Tunisia, according to reports.

The attacks forced Libyan rebels to pull back temporarily from the Dehiba-Wazin border crossing, save for they kept control even with several rebel deaths and injuries. A Tunisian government official has said oil minister Shukri Ghanem, a expert of Col Gaddafi's regime, had left Libya at the weekend and was in neighboring Tunisia.

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Egypt unrest enters third day, ElBaradei to return

Activists annoying to expel Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak played cat-and-mouse with police on the streets into the early on hours of Thursday, as unparalleled protests against his 30-year rule enter a third day.

Prominent reform activist Mohamed ElBaradei, who lives in Vienna, was predictable to go back to Egypt on Thursday, an influx that could rouse protest that so far have lacked a leader.

At least three protesters and one policeman have died in clash since they erupt on Tuesday. The protests, encouraged by a popular revolt in Tunisia and exceptional during Mubarak's strong-handed rule, have seen police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators throw rocks and petrol bombs.

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