what are the chances ever syria's playing a major part in the regional economy if not the global economy? and where has what's happened recently left those hopes? >> charles -- [ inaudible ] >> well, i'm sorry to say we're clearly having some sound problems with the signal from abu dhabi. i think we'll have to leave it for now. pauline, over to you. >> hopefully we can get her up again sometime during this news cast. we'll stay in the middle east for just a second to tell you about something in our programming for tomorrow. this time from tomorrow, we'll hear from nurial rabini on "world business today."