NATO bombs hit Gadhafi's office

TRIPOLI, Libya - NATO bombs destroyed Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's office in his Tripoli residence on Monday, while rebels pushed forward against government troops in the besieged city of Misrata.

Heavy explosions had shaken the center of Tripoli shortly after midnight as warplanes overflew the Libyan capital.

A Libyan official accompanying journalists at Gadhafi's compound said 45 people were wounded, 15 seriously, in the bombing. He added that he did not know whether there were victims under the rubble. "It was an attempt to assassinate Colonel Gadhafi," he affirmed.