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Mediterranean sea as well. the reason why this is so important, because over the weekend, two predator drones were given to nato to -- given to nato to fly over 24 hours a die and -- day and patrol this entire area. in the east, the rebels, they still hold on to benghazi, it is firmly theirs at the moment. the big battle appears to be misurata, the misurata, that has been under seige now for about a month. now, over the weekend, qaddafi forces, for whatever reason, started pulling back and away from misurata, allowing the rebels to get a firmer grasp, perhaps, on what is left of that city. cap...

Qaddafi. the city of misurata claiming victory, they have captured most of that city. the deputy foreign minister held a news conference in the capitol and said the qaddafi forces have not with drawn from misurata. they have ceased operations. it was yesterday that the deputy foreign minister that the military here in libya would hand over the fighting and resolution of the conflict in misurata to local tribal leaders. they are expected to discuss thuation with the rebels. the next step could be fighting between the rebels and local tribes. >> it is lining them up. david lee miller, thank you ...

Muammar el-qaddafi's regime. qaddafi forces pulled out of misure ata. the're sound of exexplosions are in tripoli. david lee is there. >> there is a great deal of gunfire. you can hear small arms fire off in the distance about 100 yards from our position. it is antiaircraft taking place . this is the most depun fire that we have seen here in weeks. the precise cause of what is going on remains unclear. there were rumors circulating in tripoli that an opposition rebel leader was assassinated and we don't think're believe it is true.

They are going to be there. shep? >> shepard: without these reports of qaddafi using cluster bombs, those are been outlawed throughout the world, right? >> that's right. the first report came from the "new york times" a few days ago. these, of course, are -- they are called indiss discripple that the weapons because they randomly shoot off different explosives in different directions. can't predict where it's going to go. it could hit a civilian, hit a child. unexploded ordinance can sit there for weeks. very dangerous stuff. secretary clinton the secretary of state mentioned it today at a new...

City of miss rat attachment david lee with the news streaming live from tripoli, libya. what else do we know about the events that led to his killing. >> well, hetherton was a consummate professional. he used his twitter account to send a message it said in quote in besieged city of misurata, indesvictim that the shelling of qaddafi forces. no sign of nato. last message he tweeted was two months ago was about his appearance at the oscars, shep? >> shepard: tim gave shining light on conflicts in the world. misurata now one of them. >> that's right. it is extremely difficult to cover misurata es...