The World - News from Aug. 22, 1985
Tunisia expelled another 30 Libyan diplomats, raising to 283 the number ordered out of the country in two days. The expulsions, accompanied by Tunisian charges of espionage against the Libyans, are believed to be in retaliation for Libya’s recent expulsion of more than 21,000 Tunisian workers. Libyan Ambassador Abdullah Harrari denied the espionage charges and complained that he will be left with only four or five diplomats in his embassy in Tunis.
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