Thousands of Egyptian workers, who spent a cold night on the Tunisian side,
huddle
d out on the tarmac around the border-crossing, chanted "Where is the Egyptian army?" They are angry that their own government isn't doing more to get them home quickly. But moving them on and evacuating them is a huge task. In addition to the many thousands of Egyptian workers, there are hundreds of others
strand
ed here, including many Bangladeshis. Local Tunisian resources are
swamp
ed, and the international agencies are struggling to cope too.
The Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi says the people on the streets love him and has denied that they are demonstrating against him. In an interview with the BBC and two other Western news organisations, Colonel Gaddafi repeated that the protesters were under the influence of drugs supplied by al-Qaeda. He said most of the demonstrations were in his support.
"Are they supporting us? They are not against us. No one is against us. Against us for what? Because I am not a president."
"But...but...but they..."
"They love me. All my people are with me. They love me all."
"But if they do love you..."
"They will die to protect me, my people."
Opposition websites in Tehran say Iran's two main opposition leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, have been taken to jail along with their wives. The two men had been under house arrest for two weeks after calling for rallies in Iran to express