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Near but for these rebels, still too far. nic robertson, cnn on the front line outside zintan, libya. israel's prime minister netanyahu will speak at a joint session of u.s. congress just days after he rejected president barack obama's outline for a mid east peace deal. mr. obama says starting point for negotiations on a palestinian state should be based on israel's borders before the 1967 six-day war. the u.s. president's stance on those bored rz were initiatives of former presidents bill clinton and george bush. mr. net yanyahu says they will indefensivibl indefensivible. >> we can only ma...

Libya says it was empty at the time but people living nearby were hurt. spokesman says three people died and 150 were wounded. in the u.s., the national weather service says there is a 45% chance of another tornado outbreak across a large area of the midwest, including the devastated town of joplin. 17 people were rescued from the rubble yesterday but the number of people killed by the tornado rose to 116. bosses at japan's fukushima nuclear plant say the meltdown caused by the march earthquake was even more serious than previously thought. fuel rods in three reactors are now thought to ha...

Street journal both carry that report saying they were quoting a source close to the case. the dna result is in line with what strauss-khan's legal team is saying, there was a consensual sexual encounter. in libya nato air strikes have hit targets in tripoli. it's been one of the largest bombings yet. a libya government spokesman says three people died, 150 were wounded. while tripoli is the seat of power for gadhafi, just one hour away, rebels are training. cnn's nic robertson is with them. >> reporter: weapons training in rebels's stronghold barely more than an hour's drive from tripoli. r...

Mountain reaching back to the border. resources are tight, bullets counted out. every volunteer is needed. this training can't come soon enough. gadhafi forces are as close as ten kilometers, six miles from this town. they are afraid some of nearby villages and towns are about to fall to his forces. some of these young fighters here have already been in the front line, even though they haven't finished their training. >> it was encouragement for us. really it was good. >> reporter: in this, the only rebel holdout in western libya, training takes a backseat to battling. this day no exception. t...

Wounded 100. this comes as muammar qaddafi forces battle the opposition in misrata now the only rebel stronghold in western libya. and now, in benghazi, our reporter. >> yes, like so many nato assaults this took place in the middle of the night at 1:00 o'clock in the morning and over in 30 minutes but by all accounts the video shows its to be powerful. it is difficult to say how effective it is because reporters are getting two sides of the story and very limited access. nato says it was a big success knocking out a military compound and a vehicle storage facility but a libyan government spoke...