sending him not only to portugal, but to greece and malta as well. they want him to go to other countries. this is this libyans making outreach to try to get their message heard. so it's clear the international heat is having an effect. they want to get their voice heard in the international community again, wolf. >> nic robertson on the scene for us as he has been for the several weeks. thanks very much. nick is in tripoli. there are other signs pro-gadhafi forces are gain on the battlefield. and there's other information as well that we're getting including fresh violence today in cairo's tahrir square. the epicenter of the egyptian protest movement that forced president hosni mubarak from power last month. that follows attacks late yesterday on pro-democracy activists by people armed with machetes, knives and whips. 44 people were injured. and state-run egyptian television now says 13 people were killed in separate clashes overnight between christians and