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Striking distance?

Ali Saeed Ali, 27, who ran a grocery shop before joining the uprising, waved his grenade launcher above his head at the entrance to Ras Lanuf in jubilation. “We are coming to get you Gaddafi. We won't stop until Tripoli,” he said.

- Libya: rebels advance towards Tripoli, Telegraph.co.uk, March 27, 2011.

2. NBA owners and players called it an early night on Thursday, with both pointing towards Friday as a decisive day for big moves to end the 119-day lockout.

Or not.

After two days of talks about the salary cap system, they will turn their attention back to the division of revenues, which derailed the negotiations last week.

This time, Commissioner David Stern said the talks had produced enough familiarity and trust “that will enable us to look forward to tomorrow, where we anticipate there will be some important and additional progress - or not.”

“But I think (union executive director Billy Hunter) and I share that view, and we’re looking forward to seeing whether something good can be made to happen.”

The sides again said there was some minor progress on the system issues after about 7 1/2 hours of talks. They decided to wrap it up and get some rest following a marathon 15-hour session on Wednesday, and with union economist Kevin Murphy unavailable on Thursday to discuss finances.

Hunter said he thought the sides were “within striking distance of a getting a deal” on the system, but there’s still no indication either side is ready to make the big move necessary to settling the Basketball Related Income (BRI) split.