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Twitter. now, top of the hour, developing right now, as we mentioned, civil war raging in libya. east of the capital is fully in opposition control, but the closer one gets to tripoli a question of who is in charge, a little trickier to answer. senior international correspondent nic robertson has been waiting in the lobby of a tripoli hotel as we reported for hours, six hours, to see if moammar gadhafi indeed shows up. nic, let me guess, no sign. >> reporter: you got it, brooke. six hours and ...

Hospital says all of this fighting has forced close to 200,000 workers to flee the country going to hoer places like tunisia and egypt trueing to g trying to get away. >> nic, hello to you once again. can you help us all get a better handle on just what parts of the country are under government control, what parts are under opposition control. because the two sides are putting out conflicting reports. >> reporter: they are. and its not clear why the gadhafi government here is being so ambitious ...

"discovery" is on its way home. astronauts undocked from the international space station. the shuttle program is scheduled to end later this year. the u.n. says expect more carnage in libya in the coming days. parts of the country are under opposition control while in tripoli a progovernment rally rocked green square. some demonstrators holding weapons and posters of moammar gadhafi. intense fighting is less than 200 miles from libyas capital. in misrata both sides are claiming victory. opposi...

Who came out to celebrate, apparently, after they were told by state tv that government force has taken control of several cities, thought to be under opposition control. one of those cities is zawiya. the opposition is still in control, but the government is saying otherwise. were hearing new reports of heavy fighting in the city. then there is this out of benghazi in eastern libya. opposition forces say they are negotiating with the brit tissue government over the release of eight british spec...

Brega, i gather theres a situation as we speak? >> reporter: yes, there have been several air raids in the front tier of the area controlleded by anti-gadhafi forces. were told by witnesses that early this morning, a libyan jet bombed the main gate of that oil refinery thats in brega. also, were hearing from other sources that in ago dabia, theyre providing a lot of equipment and ammunition for the forces fighting moammar gadhafi. this came after a day-long battle for control of al brega which e...

Know what is true and what is not on the ground in libya. jonathan is on the border between tunisia and libya. this is what we were told about an hour ago. we were told that gadhafi forces have taken control over all the oil fields again. if that is true, and all these oil fields you see in the eastern half of the country are now back under his control, in addition, the oil fields you see in the western part of the country are just south of tripoli, we had also been told now for days that the ea...

Some residents there have refrained from protesting for fear of simply being killed. cnns senior international correspondent nic robertson was asked by the libyan regime to convey a -- to cover a convoy attempting to deliver aid to a part of the country under opposition control. >> reporter: government officials told us this morning that if we didnt come and cover this aid convoy going to benghazi then we wouldnt be able to go to misurata, the town 100 miles, 160 kilometers east of tripoli where...

Important city of zawiya. zawiya is just 55 kilometers from tripoli and close to oil platforms in libya. much of libya is believed to be you should under opposition control. and the u.s. is watching to see if sanctions will have any impact. the u.s. and britain are freezing the assets of gadhafi and his inner circle. governments around the world condemn the regime over the bloody crackdown against protesters. in the meantime, many libyans are rushing to banks for cash. the governments handing ou...

A, b, and c to quote live and die in libya. meanwhile, the violence continues west of tripoli in a town under opposition control. at least 17 people reported killed. also americans stranded in libya could be leaving today. many are still aboard waiting on this ferry in tripoli. ferry has not been able to go on to its destination of malta, an island nation north because of the bad weather. well, some americans have been able to get out of libya on their own. our next guests both made it out of ...

Control. az z. ntan is also under opposition control. and triply is the ga deaf phi control, so the circle is tightening. we understand from reports on the ground that gadhafi is bringing in reinforcements to triply and also hiring. >> its interesting, because, what was it, two days ago, maybe yesterday when we saw gadhafi speaking on state tv, now we just heard his voice this morning, but in his rambling way, he was blaming a lot of this on the youth and osama bin laden. >> its sounding more an...