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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- By the end of World War II in April 1945, with about two-thirds of European Jewry wiped out, Jewish survivors stepped out of the darkness in search of a place to call home.

Bestselling author Anita Diamant releases her latest historical novel, "Day After Night."

About 250,000 were considered displaced persons, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. A growing number of Jews -- before, during and especially after the war -- dreamt of helping to build a Jewish homeland in what was, at the time, British-controlled Palestine.

"Getting out of Europe, for a lot of people, felt like getting out of a graveyard," said bestselling author Anita Diamant, whose newest book focuses on this period. "Palestine was like over the rainbow, practically. It was somewhere that they knew they were wanted, at least by the Jewish community in Palestine, and it was a way to start over again in a completely new world."

Immigration quotas, however, meant that the more than 100,000 Jews who arrived between 1945 and 1948, when Israel was declared a state, did so illegally. Most of those who were captured were sent to internment camps in places like Cyprus.

But some Jewish prisoners ended up at a camp in Palestine called Atlit, located on the Mediterranean coast near the city of Haifa. Living in barracks and peering through barbed wire, these Holocaust survivors lived in limbo between their past and their future.

"Nobody else wanted them, so they wanted to go to Palestine," Diamant said. "There was this bottleneck. It was a big problem for the British, and it was also a public relations nightmare for the British."  Watch Diamant talk about her new book Â»

One night in October 1945, members of the Palmach -- an underground Jewish fighting force originally created to help the British fight the Nazis -- broke into Atlit and helped more than 200 prisoners escape. Central in this charge was Yitzhak Rabin, who would go on to be Israel's prime minister, and who was assassinated by a Jewish extremist in 1995.

Diamant, author of "The Red Tent," among other books, delves into the lives of four women who were part of this experience in her latest historical novel, "Day After Night." Carrying with them different wartime experiences, they are: a Polish partisan fighter, a Parisian woman who was forced into prostitution, a Dutch Jew who was in hiding, and a concentration camp survivor.

CNN sat down with Diamant, a daughter of Holocaust survivors, to talk about her latest book, the reason this story is relatively unknown and her attempt to stay out of Middle East politics.

CNN: How did you decide to focus on this specific story?

Diamant: The story found me, the way I think all of my novels found me. My daughter was in Israel on a semester program when she was 15, in 2000, and my husband and I went on the parents' trip. So we were on and off the buses with the kids as they did their field trips, and one of the field trips was in Atlit. We were given the tour, and we were told the story of this escape and about these so-called illegal immigrants. And I thought there's a novel.

CNN: This isn't a piece of Israel's history that many seem to know about. Why is that?

Diamant: American Jews, even people who know Haifa well, who know Israel well, it comes as a surprise to them. It's not one of the big bloody chapters. It was early in the conflict in terms of Jewish resistance. After this they started bombing train tracks and doing more overt military resistance to the British occupation, as it was known then. Part of the reason we don't know about it is that I think the Holocaust is still such a huge shadow, and it's still something we focus on. This is a relatively tender interlude. It's not the founding of the state, and it's not the Holocaust.

CNN: Are the characters based on real women you learned about in your research?

Diamant: No, they're my girls. I invented them based on some stories that I had heard and read. ... There were women partisan fighters. I know that women were forced to do things against their will to survive. A lot of people were in hiding. It's sort of based on common knowledge about what happened during the war but at the same time trying to flesh out women's stories which I still think are under-told.

CNN: What was the central struggle facing these women and the people in Atlit in general?

Diamant: It's the struggle to continue after great loss, great pain and great suffering. How do you cope with those memories? Where do you put them? How do you carry them with you into the future? How much do you have to forget in order to live, to continue? ... We are a resilient species. Life moves on and they fall in love. And they're coming back to life, their bodies are coming back to life. A lot of marriages happened in displaced persons camps and camps like this, and a lot of babies were conceived in places like this, too, because life demands that we continue. But that can feel also like a betrayal of all the people you lost, so it's a painful tension -- the past and the future.

CNN: Politically, everything that involves Israel is so loaded. Did you worry about this? Did you factor in how history unfolded after this?

Diamant: I focused it very narrowly on this one little window of history. For it to have integrity, telling the story of that period, you can't know what happens next. So I really focused on their stories, their personal stories. Maybe that's a cop-out? But in writing a historical novel, you can't go outside of the box. I don't think I can.

Although...a couple characters say, "They told us there was nobody here. There are all these Arabs here." There was a slogan: "People without a land, and a land without a people." That was the slogan in Europe that was used to drum up Zionist support. But in fact there were people in the land, and they got there and they went, "What? No one told us." Jews have been grappling with that fact from before the founding of the state. So it's acknowledged in here, but it's not the center of the book.

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Beijing, China (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama huddled with the Chinese premier Wednesday on the final day of his visit to China.

Obama's meeting with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao took place at the Diaoyutai State Guest House, continuing a theme of cooperation between the two nations and development of mutual interests. The men greeted each other in public before meeting privately.

The White House hailed this week's meetings between Obama and Chinese leaders.

"President Obama's visit to China has demonstrated the depth and breadth of the global and other challenges where US-China cooperation is critical," a White House statement said Wednesday. "His discussions with President Hu have strengthened possibilities for future cooperation.

"In order to continue to develop this important relationship, President Obama has invited President Hu to visit the United States in 2010. President Hu has accepted with pleasure."

During his final hours in China, Obama visited the Great Wall before flying to South Korea, where he will meet with President Lee Myung-bak.

Obama described the Great Wall as "spectacular," as a bone-chilling wind whipped around him. "It gives you a perspective on a lot of day to day things that don't amount to much."

Asked if the harsh weather reminded him of his home town, Chicago, he said, "It does feel the same doesn't it?"

His day began with a series of short interviews with American television networks.

Wednesday's session with Wen follows Obama's meeting a day earlier with Chinese President Hu Jintao, with the two speaking of a common vision of shared responsibilities and economic opportunities after their talks.

Trade, nuclear proliferation and the sticky issue of human rights were part of their discussions.

The two leaders "talked about continuing to build a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship between our nations," according to Obama, who said he welcomes China's desire for a greater role in world affairs.

"China and the United States share extensive common interests and broad prospects for cooperation on a series of major issues important to mankind's peace and stability and development," Hu said, naming the economy, climate change and cultural exchanges among those issues.

On economic and trade issues, Hu called for Beijing and Washington to build a positive relationship in the 21st century, to build a partnership.

"Our two countries need to oppose and reject protectionism and all its manifestations," Hu said.

Sentiment favoring protectionism has grown in the United States, as hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese products pour in each year. Some analysts say the Chinese goods are artificially cheap and come at the expense of American jobs.

The issue of human rights has often been a sticking point between Beijing and Washington. China regularly cracks down on its religious and ethnic minorities.

Though Hu said China was willing to discuss issues such as human rights and religion to broaden understanding between the nations, he acknowledged that each side had agreed to respect the other's cultural sovereignty.

In addition, China and the United States, the largest producers of greenhouse gases, have agreed to team up to fight climate change and create clean energy. Hu and Obama said their nations will cooperate to advance technologies and work toward a global agreement on reducing carbon emissions. The leaders did not offer a timeframe, however.

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Jon Hamm has a confession to make: He hates his hair.

Jon Hamm poses with his partner, Jennifer Westfeldt, at the premiere of "The Day the Earth Stood Still."

That may come as a surprise to fans of the actor, whose slick-backed hair is part of his signature look on "Mad Men" -- the show that just earned him another Golden Globe nomination for best actor in a TV drama.

In the new movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still," Hamm sports a slightly different 'do, with his bangs combed rakishly over one eye. It was in the context of promoting the sci-fi remake that Hamm revealed his tonsorial frustration.

"It's the bane of my existence. Goofy hair," he said in a self-deprecating interview with CNN. "It never looks good ... It's a pain."

Hamm says he's always worn his hair long, but had to cut it for AMC's TV series, in which he plays a 1960s Madison Avenue ad executive. He says stylists on the show, armed with hair spray and blow dryers, mold his coiffure into a hard shell. Helmet hair has come in handy at work.

"I've had a piece of the set fall on my head and my hair didn't move," he said. "I had seven stitches in my head and my hair didn't move. That's impressive."

Whether it's his hair, good looks, acting chops or a combination thereof, Hamm's star is on the rise in Hollywood. Apart from his co-starring role in "The Day the Earth Stood Still," Hamm recently completed work on the murder mystery "The Boy in the Box." He hosted "Saturday Night Live" this fall, he's due to play Tina Fey's love interest on "30 Rock" and he continues to receive accolades for his work on "Mad Men" (nominations for an Emmy and a Golden Globe so far).

How does that make Hamm feel?

"Exciting is the right way to say it. It's been a good year. It's very exciting," he said. "I get to read a lot more scripts. I get to meet interesting people. I get to work with interesting people ... It's fun to be sort of invited to the party."

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama's 30-minute TV ad, which ran simultaneously on broadcast and cable networks at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, is muscle-flexing that has little precedent, a campaign advertising expert said.

Sen. Barack Obama aired a 30-minute campaign ad Wednesday night.

"It's evidence, if you needed any, that the Obama campaign has more money than there is ad time left to buy," said Evan Tracey, director of the Campaign Media Analysis Group. "This is flexing the muscles."

Tracey estimates that it will cost the campaign "in the $4 to 5 million range -- at a minimum, $3.5 million."

But, he said, spending the money is a "no-brainer" for the Democratic presidential hopeful.

"The strategic brilliance of this for Obama is that he is going to consume about 24 hours of the news cycle," Tracey said. "It boxes [John] McCain in, takes the oxygen out of the room."

In the carefully produced infomercial, Obama laid out his plans for the economy and for bringing an end to the war in Iraq.

It also featured stories of struggling families in swing states such as Ohio and Missouri and included testimonials from high-profile supporters, including Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. iReport.com: What do you want to ask Sen. Obama?

Obama's Republican opponent, Arizona Sen. John McCain, was not mentioned, nor was the GOP. The spot ended with a brief, live Obama address to a rally in Florida, another hotly contested state in this year's campaign.

"I'm reminded every single day that I am not a perfect man," he said. "I will not be a perfect president.

"But I can promise you this: I will always tell you what I think and where I stand. I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you when we disagree. And, most importantly, I will open the doors of government and ask you to be involved in your own democracy again."

There was so much buzz surrounding the infomercial -- which was announced about two weeks ago -- that on Tuesday, Time magazine's Mark Halperin put the ad's two editors on his daily list of the "five most important people in American politics not running for president."  Watch more on the Obama campaign ad buy Â»

Those editors, Erik Smith and Mark Putnam, were "still in an edit room" cutting the 30-minute piece Tuesday when he published the list, according to Halperin, Time's editor-at-large and senior political analyst.

The ad ran at 8 p.m. ET on CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Fox, BET, TV One and Univision, the Spanish-language network, six days before Election Day.

CNN declined to run the spot, and talks between ABC and the Obama campaign fell apart.

"We were approached by the Obama campaign and declined their request," said Sal Petruzzi, senior vice president for public relations of Turner Broadcasting, CNN's parent company.

"We did not want to pre-empt our programming lineup with a 30-minute spot. We would rather use our air to continue to cover the campaign, candidates and issues like we always do, from all points of view with the best political team on television."

An ABC spokeswoman declined to comment about the network's talks with the Obama campaign.

"As a matter of policy we don't comment about clients with whom we are doing business," said Julie Hoover of ABC. The Obama campaign has bought advertising on ABC in the past, she said, "but they did not buy the half-hour."

Obama taped an interview Wednesday with ABC's Charles Gibson, which is to run Thursday, his campaign said.

A source familiar with ABC policy suggested the network had offered the Obama campaign a different time slot.

"Hypothetically, we would have offered them equivalent time," the source said. "We don't have to give them the exact slot they are asking for."

Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said ABC had ultimately offered Obama the slot he wanted, but the campaign turned it down.

"By the time they agreed, we had already committed our resources," Burton said.

The Obama campaign reported last week that it had raised a record-shattering $150 million in September.

Obama has outspent McCain by a huge margin, according to CNN's consultant on ad spending.

Between the time the two candidates clinched their party's nominations in the spring and October 25, Obama spent more than $205 million on TV ads. McCain spent more than $119 million, according to TNS Media Intelligence/Campaign Media Analysis Group.

The McCain campaign launched an ad Wednesday attacking Obama for his 30-minute special.

"Behind the fancy speeches, grand promises and TV special lies the truth: With crises at home and abroad, Barack Obama lacks the experience America needs," the ad said.

The timing of Obama's informercial pushed back the start of a World Series game, provoking a jab from McCain during a Wednesday afternoon appearance in Florida.

"It used to be that only rain or some other act of God could delay the World Series," he said. "But I guess network executives figured an Obama infomercial was close enough."

The Obama campaign did not ask that the game be delayed, said a spokesman for Fox, which broadcasts the World Series.

"They asked Fox to buy the air time," the spokesman said. "Fox went to our partner, Major League Baseball, and asked if it would be OK to delay the game to take this important political advertisement. They agreed."

MLB's willingness to delay the fall classic for a political ad shows how very unusual the Obama TV spot is.

"Ross Perot did it in 1992, but it wasn't this close to Election Day, and now you have a very different media consumption environment. You didn't have the cable then," Tracey said. "There is no precedent for this sort of an ad this late in the race."

CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand and CNN Entertainment's Rachel Wells contributed to this report.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- All 18 people aboard a helicopter that crashed off the coast of Scotland have been recovered alive, a Royal Air Force officer told CNN.

A Super Puma helicopter, similar to the one in this file photo, went down about 120 miles east of Aberdeen.

The Super Puma ditched about 120 miles east of Aberdeen while approaching an offshore platform.

"Everyone has been recovered from the water," said James Lyon, assistant controller of the RAF's aeronautical rescue coordination center at RAF Kinloss, Scotland. "We don't know their condition, but we believe there are no major injuries."

Five helicopters were scrambled when the Super Puma helicopter ditched.

"Some were recovered by helicopter and some by boat from the platform," Lyon told CNN.

The RAF was providing helicopter assistance to the Aberdeen Coast Guard in the rescue.

Lyon said earlier that rescuers had been picking up emergency signal beacons  from the lifejackets of the 18 people.

He did not know if the pilot transmitted a mayday before the aircraft ditched.  View a map of the crash site ÃÂ»

"We believe it was quite close to the platform it was supposed to be landing on," he added.

The area is home to a number of offshore oil rigs. Lyon said he did not know which one the helicopter was heading to or where it was coming from.

The RAF received its first report of the crash at 6:43 p.m. (1:43 p.m. Eastern time).

Lyon said the Super Puma is regularly used to transport people to and from oil platforms in the North Sea and as far as he was aware it has a good safety record.

Weather at the crash site is relatively good, though slight fog is hampering visibility, he said.

A spokesman for BP told the UK's Press Association: "The 16 passengers and two crew who were on board have been accounted for and have been rescued. Three people are on the ETAP Platform and a further 15 are on the Caledonian Victory rescue vessel.

"The priority of the company is the safety of all personnel involved in this incident and we have implemented our full emergency response procedures."

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Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Over the past few days, anti-Gadhafi forces have made "significant advances" -- in the northwest and in the regions of Misrata and al-Brega -- a spokesman for NATO's military operation told reporters Tuesday.

"Anti-Gadhafi forces are now assuming control of the key approaches to Tripoli," said Col. Roland Lavoie, who described the advances as "the most significant anti-Gadhafi territorial gain we have seen in months."

Since the end of July, as the threat from pro-Gadhafi forces has diminished, thousands of people have returned to their homes in the western Nafusa mountains, he said.

Since Friday, the northwest coastal city of Misrata has been free of pro-Gadhafi forces, he said. And the threat from nearby Zlitan has diminished as pro-Gadhafi forces are being pushed farther west, he added.

Over the last week, NATO warplanes have damaged or destroyed some 150 military targets as part of Operation Unified Protector, Lavoie said.

"Our assessment, without going into details, is that the Gadhafi regime does not have anymore an effective operational capability," he said.

Lavoie said that rebels had occupied Surman and Sabratha west of Tripoli, but added that the regions were "still contested."

However, Libyan state television reported that pro-Gadhafi forces and tribal fighters were "cleansing the city of Sabratha from the gangs of traitors" and had secured the coastal road, a key supply pipeline into Tripoli.

Though the center of Zawiya was under rebel control, "there's still reports of fighting also in the suburbs," Lavoie said.

Still, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed optimism. "I think the sense is that Gadhafi's days are numbered," she told reporters in Washington.

But a spokesman for the Gadhafi government offered a different view. "We are doing very well," Ibrahim Musa told reporters. "It's true that it's a bit slow -- people are still saying that we're not acting immediately and that we're having problems in Surman and Sabratha and whatnot because of armed gangs. That's true but, God willing, we are able to lead this battle successfully. We will achieve peace and victory."

He added, "We are fighting NATO -- not the tens or hundreds of armed gang members. Our war is with the crusaders."

If rebels gain control of Zawiya, that would be a major stride in putting a stranglehold on the Gadhafi-controlled seat of power.

"We will be very careful entering Tripoli, which we hope to do by the end of this month," said Col. Ahmed Banni, military spokesman for the opposition National Transitional Council.

Banni said there is intelligence that some Gadhafi forces are moving to Tripoli from other fronts -- Terhouna in the southeast and Sirte farther east.

He said those forces have taken off their uniforms to blend in with the population, a "dangerous" sign those troops are preparing for a "bloody war."

He said rebels in Tripoli recently were supplied with arms. But, he said, "We asked them to stay put until the zero hour."

Col. Jumma Ibrahim, a spokesman for the rebels' western command, said Gadhafi forces controlled most of the eastern part of the city and were shelling rebels with Grad missiles and artillery.

"There are still skirmishes with the brigades in the city center, with snipers taking positions," Col. Ibrahim said. "The fight is now urban warfare there at the moment. There have been a lot injured among our ranks but it is hard to give a number."

The rebels claim control of towns west of Zawiya to near Ras Jedeir. These include Surman and Subratha.

"It is a huge deal and a decisive defeat for his forces in that region. All these areas are liberated," Banni said.

Col. Ibrahim said Garyan, south of Tripoli's city center, had been taken by rebels but Gadhafi loyalists were shelling them from a nearby town.

There has been "fierce fighting" in Terhouna. He said rebel forces were surrounding Zlitan in the south, east and northeast and fighting Gadhafi forces.

He said there's been fighting in the industrial area of al-Brega, where rebels control the residential areas except for one controlled by the Gadhafi government.

Gadhafi forces also control the industrial area, Banni said.

"He is trying his hardest to prevent us from access to $35 million worth of daily oil money under normal circumstances in al-Brega," Banni said. "If we control the port and the refinery in the industrial area, we'd have that money."

CNN's Amir Ahmed, Jomana Karadsheh, Kareem Khadder and Matthew Chance contributed to this report.

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text: city

text: of

text: Misrata

text: has

text: been

text: free

text: of

text: pro

text: Gadhafi

text: forces

text: he

text: said

text: And

text: the

text: threat

text: from

text: nearby

text: Zlitan

text: has

text: diminished

text: as

text: pro

text: Gadhafi

text: forces

text: are

text: being

text: pushed

text: farther

text: west

text: he

text: added

text: Over

text: the

text: last

text: week

text: NATO

text: warplanes

text: have

text: damaged

text: or

text: destroyed

text: some

text: military

text: targets

text: as

text: part

text: of

text: Operation

text: Unified

text: Protector

text: Lavoie

text: said

text: Our

text: assessment

text: without

text: going

text: into

text: details

text: is

text: that

text: the

text: Gadhafi

text: regime

text: does

text: not

text: have

text: anymore

text: an

text: effective

text: operational

text: capability

text: he

text: said

text: Lavoie

text: said

text: that

text: rebels

text: had

text: occupied

text: Surman

text: and

text: Sabratha

text: west

text: of

text: Tripoli

text: but

text: added

text: that

text: the

text: regions

text: were

text: still

text: contested

text: However

text: Libyan

text: state

text: television

text: reported

text: that

text: pro

text: Gadhafi

text: forces

text: and

text: tribal

text: fighters

text: were

text: cleansing

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: Sabratha

text: from

text: the

text: gangs

text: of

text: traitors

text: and

text: had

text: secured

text: the

text: coastal

text: road

text: a

text: key

text: supply

text: pipeline

text: into

text: Tripoli

text: Though

text: the

text: center

text: of

text: Zawiya

text: was

text: under

text: rebel

text: control

text: there

text: 's

text: still

text: reports

text: of

text: fighting

text: also

text: in

text: the

text: suburbs

text: Lavoie

text: said

text: Still

text: U.S.

text: Secretary

text: of

text: State

text: Hillary

text: Clinton

text: expressed

text: optimism

text: I

text: think

text: the

text: sense

text: is

text: that

text: Gadhafi

text: 's

text: days

text: are

text: numbered

text: she

text: told

text: reporters

text: in

text: Washington

text: But

text: a

text: spokesman

text: for

text: the

text: Gadhafi

text: government

text: offered

text: a

text: different

text: view

text: We

text: are

text: doing

text: very

text: well

text: Ibrahim

text: Musa

text: told

text: reporters

text: It

text: 's

text: true

text: that

text: it

text: 's

text: a

text: bit

text: slow

text: people

text: are

text: still

text: saying

text: that

text: we

text: 're

text: not

text: acting

text: immediately

text: and

text: that

text: we

text: 're

text: having

text: problems

text: in

text: Surman

text: and

text: Sabratha

text: and

text: whatnot

text: because

text: of

text: armed

text: gangs

text: That

text: 's

text: true

text: but

text: God

text: willing

text: we

text: are

text: able

text: to

text: lead

text: this

text: battle

text: successfully

text: We

text: will

text: achieve

text: peace

text: and

text: victory

text: He

text: added

text: We

text: are

text: fighting

text: NATO

text: not

text: the

text: tens

text: or

text: hundreds

text: of

text: armed

text: gang

text: members

text: Our

text: war

text: is

text: with

text: the

text: crusaders

text: If

text: rebels

text: gain

text: control

text: of

text: Zawiya

text: that

text: would

text: be

text: a

text: major

text: stride

text: in

text: putting

text: a

text: stranglehold

text: on

text: the

text: Gadhafi

text: controlled

text: seat

text: of

text: power

text: We

text: will

text: be

text: very

text: careful

text: entering

text: Tripoli

text: which

text: we

text: hope

text: to

text: do

text: by

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: this

text: month

text: said

text: Col

text: Ahmed

text: Banni

text: military

text: spokesman

text: for

text: the

text: opposition

text: National

text: Transitional

text: Council

text: Banni

text: said

text: there

text: is

text: intelligence

text: that

text: some

text: Gadhafi

text: forces

text: are

text: moving

text: to

text: Tripoli

text: from

text: other

text: fronts

text: Terhouna

text: in

text: the

text: southeast

text: and

text: Sirte

text: farther

text: east

text: He

text: said

text: those

text: forces

text: have

text: taken

text: off

text: their

text: uniforms

text: to

text: blend

text: in

text: with

text: the

text: population

text: a

text: dangerous

text: sign

text: those

text: troops

text: are

text: preparing

text: for

text: a

text: bloody

text: war

text: He

text: said

text: rebels

text: in

text: Tripoli

text: recently

text: were

text: supplied

text: with

text: arms

text: But

text: he

text: said

text: We

text: asked

text: them

text: to

text: stay

text: put

text: until

text: the

text: zero

text: hour

text: Col

text: Jumma

text: Ibrahim

text: a

text: spokesman

text: for

text: the

text: rebels

text: western

text: command

text: said

text: Gadhafi

text: forces

text: controlled

text: most

text: of

text: the

text: eastern

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: city

text: and

text: were

text: shelling

text: rebels

text: with

text: Grad

text: missiles

text: and

text: artillery

text: There

text: are

text: still

text: skirmishes

text: with

text: the

text: brigades

text: in

text: the

text: city

text: center

text: with

text: snipers

text: taking

text: positions

text: Col

text: Ibrahim

text: said

text: The

text: fight

text: is

text: now

text: urban

text: warfare

text: there

text: at

text: the

text: moment

text: There

text: have

text: been

text: a

text: lot

text: injured

text: among

text: our

text: ranks

text: but

text: it

text: is

text: hard

text: to

text: give

text: a

text: number

text: The

text: rebels

text: claim

text: control

text: of

text: towns

text: west

text: of

text: Zawiya

text: to

text: near

text: Ras

text: Jedeir

text: These

text: include

text: Surman

text: and

text: Subratha

text: It

text: is

text: a

text: huge

text: deal

text: and

text: a

text: decisive

text: defeat

text: for

text: his

text: forces

text: in

text: that

text: region

text: All

text: these

text: areas

text: are

text: liberated

text: Banni

text: said

text: Col

text: Ibrahim

text: said

text: Garyan

text: south

text: of

text: Tripoli

text: 's

text: city

text: center

text: had

text: been

text: taken

text: by

text: rebels

text: but

text: Gadhafi

text: loyalists

text: were

text: shelling

text: them

text: from

text: a

text: nearby

text: town

text: There

text: has

text: been

text: fierce

text: fighting

text: in

text: Terhouna

text: He

text: said

text: rebel

text: forces

text: were

text: surrounding

text: Zlitan

text: in

text: the

text: south

text: east

text: and

text: northeast

text: and

text: fighting

text: Gadhafi

text: forces

text: He

text: said

text: there

text: 's

text: been

text: fighting

text: in

text: the

text: industrial

text: area

text: of

text: al

text: Brega

text: where

text: rebels

text: control

text: the

text: residential

text: areas

text: except

text: for

text: one

text: controlled

text: by

text: the

text: Gadhafi

text: government

text: Gadhafi

text: forces

text: also

text: control

text: the

text: industrial

text: area

text: Banni

text: said

text: He

text: is

text: trying

text: his

text: hardest

text: to

text: prevent

text: us

text: from

text: access

text: to

text: million

text: worth

text: of

text: daily

text: oil

text: money

text: under

text: normal

text: circumstances

text: in

text: al

text: Brega

text: Banni

text: said

text: If

text: we

text: control

text: the

text: port

text: and

text: the

text: refinery

text: in

text: the

text: industrial

text: area

text: we

text: 'd

text: have

text: that

text: money

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Amir

text: Ahmed

text: Jomana

text: Karadsheh

text: Kareem

text: Khadder

text: and

text: Matthew

text: Chance

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: What does Clinton think about the situation?

answer: the sense is that Gadhafi's days are numbered,"

text: the sense is that Gadhafi's days are numbered,"

question: Who in Tripoli are awaiting the "zero hour"?

answer: Banni

text: Banni

question: Some Gadhafi forces are going to Tripoli from where?

answer: Terhouna in the southeast and Sirte farther east.

text: Terhouna in the southeast and Sirte farther east.

question: Where are some Gadhafi forces going from other fronts?

answer: Tripoli

text: Tripoli

question: What are rebel forces in Tripoli waiting for?

answer: zero hour."

text: zero hour."