fighting as gadhafi continues to try to hold on? reporter: well, andrea, continues defiance from gadhafi. there are a number of fronts right now for the violence. a city west of the capital here in tripoli. there s a town in the west mountains. this is a mountain range that comes off the border with aljeer ya and tunisia. there s been a number of fights there been progadhafi forces and rebels in that region. we had heard a few days ago that the rebels had made some advance. it seems like gadhafi forces are striking back. the government tells us that a town 30 mile west of the capital that there was some violence there. they describe it as very small scale rebels taking over a check point just outside of the city. the rebels themselves opposition say that actually it was a larger movement, a more simm bombic movement to take back that town where there was a lot of intense fighting in material days of this uprising.
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tripoli. the heaviest fighting is going on near where the military is firing rockets and mortars to stop the rebel advance. secretary of state hillary clinton is in ethiopia today where she urged african nations to cut ties with gadhafi once and for all. i urge all african states to call for a genuine cease fire and to call for gadhafi to step aside. i also urge you to suspend the operations of gadhafi s embassies in your countries to expel progadhafi diplomats and to increase contact and support for the transitional national council. and we re told that secretary clinton is returning to the u.s. a day early because of volcanic ash endangering air flight in that region. we go to tripoli. what is the latest there on the