battle to the compound of moammar gadhafi, pushing inside and knocking over statues of the long-time libyan leader. making off with weapons but finding no sign of him or his family. the reuters news agency reports that gadhafi has been heard on a local radio station. now according to reuters in his radio address gadhafi says his withdrawal from the compound was a tactical move. his location is still not known as we ve said. meantime, pockets of fighting remain, including at tripoli s airport. that s where cnn s arwa damon has been reporting. rebels took over the airport monday but it is still a target for loyalist troops. and international journalists are trapped in the rixos hotel in the libyan capital. the journalists including our own matthew chance, remain virtual prisoners being held by troops loyal to gadhafi. cnn s sara sidner was right in the middle of all the the chaos at that gadhafi compound. rebels invited her in as they swept through the complex. the late
report has found, what are you hoping he s going to say? this is a matter that regards the u.s. foreign policy towards egypt and africa. we have found abuses and violations of human rights have continued in a very bad manner after mubarak has left. this as you pointed out, includes the arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of peaceful protesters and others. so do you think let me jump in there, sir. do you think then that the united states should be offering aid to egypt if, according to your report, the country is still under a new administration, new regime is still having, i guess, violating human rights accords in that country? well, look, i don t want to speak very much about the aid side of things. the u.s. has been providing aid
syria s president and his cronies. new sanctions as the u.s. calls for an end to the security crackdown. waiting for water levels to fall, for thousands of people forced out of their homes by the mississippi floods, life becomes a waiting game. and the disaster that rocked an economy to its foundations, japan sinks back into its third recession in a decade. dominique strauss-kahn has resigned as head of the international monetary fund to focus on clearing his name. his decision follows charges he tried to rape a hotel maid in new york. strauss-kahn denies the allegations but since he was arrested on saturday, he s come under increasing pressure to step down. one european minister said he should reflect on whether he was damaging the imf. just a few hours ago, strauss-kahn said this in a letter to the imf board, quote, i deny with the greatest possible firmness all the allegations against me. i want to protect the institution i have served with honor and devotion. and i
offering aid where appropriate. secretary gates, is libya in our vital interest as a country? no, i don t think it s vital interest for the united states. but we clearly have interest there and it s a pat of the region that s of vital interest to the united states. i think a lot of people would hear that and say, that s strike being not in our vital interest and yet we re committing resources. but it wouldn t be fair as to what bob just said. did libya attack us? no, they did not attack us. do they have a very critical role in this region? and do they neighbor two countries you just mentioned one, egypt, the other tunisia, that are going through these extraordinary transformations and cannot afford to be destabilized by conflict on their borders? he yes. do they have a major influence on europe because of everything from oil to immigration? david, that raises a very important point because you showed on the map just a minute ago afghanistan. you know, he we asked our allies, ou
hoping to translate that protest into political action. a lot of them had been in american government-sponsored programs, been on visitation programs to the united states. and we are continuing to reach out and work with them and to try to 0 provide support to them. it is hard moving from being in the forefront of a movement to being part of a political process. it s hard in any country. but we re going to stand with them and make sure that at least in so far as we re able to they get the support they need. at the same time, though, we re also working with the interrim government in egypt, both bob and i when we were recently in egypt met with government officials and met with the military officials who are for the time being running the government. we want to assist them on the economic reform efforts that they re undertaking. now, ultimately this is up to the egyptians. they re going to have to make these decisions, but we ve offered our advice and we re offering aid where appropriat