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A london conference today to plan for a post-gadhafi libya. secretary of state hillary clinton is there for the united states. she met with libyan opposition figure mahmoud ja brill on the side lines of the summit. a libyan woman who frantically told foreign journalists she had been gang-raped by gadhafi's forces is now facing criminal charges. eman is charged with slandering the men she accused of rape. she hasn't been seen since she was hauled off saturday, even though the regime claims it released her. i spoke with cnn photojournalist khalid abdullah from tripoli. he was right in the midd...

Ways, the air campaign is just one part of it. and we will continue to press him. gadhafi has many resources, but if an international coalition stays firm, it is not that expensive to maintain the no fly zone, if the libyan opposition is helped, it will throw him and his cronies off kilter. >> one certainly hopes that happens, one certainly hopes gadhafi is gone in short order, if gadhafi is not gone and we continue to pull back militarily, that is very dicey for the president to withdraw until we have gotten that moment of clear success, the elimination of gadhafi. back to wolf in d.c. >> eli...

The nato secretary-general said, no, we are there to protect civilians. we're not there to attack forces in retreat. zain? >> cnn's paula newton reporting from brussels. libyan opposition fighters have been quick to take advantage of support and push government forces back. the rebels took the town of ras lanuf virtually without a fight and arwa damon is there with more. >> reporter: this is the gate to ras lanuf, heavily damaged but that we are told is initial fighting in gadhafi's forces and opposition fighters. the fighters saying when they came through here earlier they encountered no re...

Government offensive going on against the city. we're not there. we're not able to go there. we're not able to independently verify that information or find out exactly what the government forces are doing around that city but it certainly is a city where the opposition, the armed opposition has been surrounded by government forces for the last couple of weeks. it's perhaps the opposition's only stronghold in the west of the country. >> nic, since that attack on the compound, have we seen or heard from gadhafi himself? >> reporter: we haven't. what's very interesting is we haven't seen him on ...

At least 70 damaged vehicles. many expressing their gratitude to france, the u.s. and britain for the strikes against gadhafi. the question now is, what happens next. >> exactly. i'm curious, when you ask the libyan rebels who is in charge of this mission, who do they say? >> reporter: they set up a national council for a transitional government. they are trying to handle the political fight. sending envoys out to meet with various members of the international community and they set up a military council set out. they also have the former minister of interior who is the chief of staff for the ...