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Doctors Without Borders looking for access to Libya

As the violence in Libya continues to expand, some people are trying to escape by traveling over land to borders with either Egypt or Tunisia. Gilda Salomone talks to Marilyn McHarg, General Director of the Canadian section of Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as they are known, about trying to gain more access to Libya to provide medical care to people caught up in the fighting. ( Photo: AP Photo/Jerome Delay )

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Photo: In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, pro-Gadhafi soldiers stand on a tank in the main square of Zawiya, Libya, 50 kms (30 miles) west of Tripoli, Friday, March 11, 2011. Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime has gained momentum with the capture of Zawiya, after days of fierce fighting with rebels, in a key test of the government's ability to maintain its hold on the Libyan capital and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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