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Security Council if it fired into Tunisian territory again, after Libya's three-month-old conflict spilled beyond its borders. Libyan rebels... Email Print Related News U.N. seeks deal to allow food and medicine into Libya 9:25am EDT ICC prosecutor warns Libya to abide by U.N. rules 6:57am EDT Al Qaeda suspected in deadly Tunisia clash 7:55am EDT NATO denies Libya hit warship off coast near Misrata 5:38am EDT Analysis & Opinion The break-up of the union will benefit nobody Are Kashmiri militants ready to return home from Pakistan? Related Topics World Home » United Nations » Tunisia » Libya » Related Video Latest on the civil war in Libya Tue, May 17 2011 ICC seeks Gaddafi arrest warrant 1 / 5 Customs officers run during bombings on the Tunisian side of the border crossing of Dehiba May 17, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Anis Mili By Tarek Amara and Joseph Logan TUNIS/TRIPOLI | Wed May 18, 2011 9:25am EDT TUNIS/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Tunisia threatened to report Libya to the U.N. Security Council if it fired into Tunisian territory again, after Libya's three-month-old conflict spilled beyond its borders. Libyan rebels and a Tunisian security source said the head of Libya's National Oil Corporation had defected and fled to Tunisia, an act that if confirmed would be a major blow to Muammar Gaddafi's efforts to cling to power. In the besieged city of Misrata, fighting flared up again after a lull, with a doctor saying that seven people had been wounded, most of them rebel fighters, in clashes on Tuesday with government forces. Tunisia's state-run TAP news agency said the government would threaten Libya with diplomatic action over the "continuing firing of rockets by Libyan forces toward Tunisian territory." "The Tunisian government views those acts as belligerent behavior from the Libyan side who had pledged more than once to prevent its forces from firing in the direction of Tunisia and has failed to respect its undertakings," TAP quoted a foreign ministry source as saying. On Tuesday at least four Russian-made Grad rockets fired from Libya landed inside Tunisia, according to a Reuters reporter at the scene. Rocket attacks by government troops forced Libyan rebels to pull back briefly from the Dehiba-Wazin border crossing, but they ended the day in control of it despite a sustained bombardment that killed three rebels and wounded several. BORDER REOPENS A Reuters reporter at the crossing on Wednesday morning said the shelling had stopped and the border had reopened, allowing a steady flow of traffic through. Farmers were crossing over from Libya to take livestock to a market on the Tunisian side of the border, while a Tunisian military helicopter was making passes around the border area. The border crossing is a lifeline for rebels on the western front of Libya's conflict, allowing food, medicine and fuel to reach rebel-held towns on the mountain plateau, and ambulances to take casualties to hospital in Tunisia. In eastern Libya, rebels hold Benghazi and a swathe of oil-producing territory, helped by a NATO bombing campaign authorized at the United Nations to protect civilians opposed to Gaddafi. But a military victory for the rebels seems a distant prospect and many pin their hopes on a collapse of central power in Tripoli driven by disaffection and defections. National oil chief Shokri Ghanem, 68, is an internationally respected technocrat who is credited with liberalizing Libya's economy and energy sector. He is also a former prime minister. A Libyan government official said there was no sign he had defected, but a Tunisian security source told Reuters on Tuesday "he is in a hotel with a group of other Libyan officials" in southern Tunisia. Rebel finance and oil minister Ali Tarhouni told Reuters on a visit to Qatar that he understood Ghanem had left his post. If he has left the country, it could worsen fuel shortages which have been causing long queues at petrol stations and anger among ordinary people. Ghanem was heavily involved in efforts to relieve the shortages by bringing in gasoline in ways that circumvented sanctions, and by increasing domestic refining. Canada, whose warplanes are taking part in NATO's air strikes in Libya, said on Tuesday it had expelled five diplomats from Libya's embassy in the capital, Ottawa, for what it said were "inappropriate" activities. It did not give details on what the diplomats had been doing, and said it was not severing diplomatic relations. In Misrata, the only rebel-held city in western Libya, a hospital doctor said seven people were killed in fighting between rebels and besieging government forces. Most of the dead were rebels killed on the eastern and western edges of the city. Libyan state television said its forces had hit a NATO warship that was shelling targets in western Misrata, but a NATO official denied the report as "a totally fabricated allegation." (Reporting by Joseph Nasr, Matt Robinson, Sylvia Westall, David Brunnstrom, Tarek Amara and Allan Dowd; writing by Tim Pearce and Christian Lowe; editing by Giles Elgood) World Home United Nations Tunisia Libya Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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