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syrian rebels claimed to have won a strategic breakthrough taking control of an important town in the south. just 15 kilometers north of the jordanian border and until now the rebel offensive focused on the northern cities of aleppo, and al rackia. in the air less then 100 kilometers from the capital damascus and that could enable rebels to open a sked front against the government. ominic cane has the story. > this was once a peaceful opposition to president assad but now a key staging post on the front lines. for days rebels have been attacking government forces here, using machine ...

egyptian electoral commission whose chief is slowly describing the electoral process while the entire nation waits and while we wait to hear who egypt's next president will be. we're waiting for the announcement of the election results of egypt's presidential runoff while thousands gather in tahrir square. the entire country waiting to find out where a year and a half of the arab spring, of the painful and sometimes deadly path to democracy, will take them. we're continuing to listen. >> translator: the majority of the voters are muslims. these committees did not -- did not vote in t...

why are they vulnerable to that sort of thing? i think it relates to issues like bad education, failed education systems, issues like unemployment, and no hope for a better life, because of bad economic situations. they have nothing to lose. there is an element of truth. therefore, improving the living conditions of people here give where do the terrorists come from? they come from suppressed countries where people are surprised. and they come from countries where the masses do not have a good living conditions, and it is stimulated by a fanaticism, so i think terrorism remains of th...

this is setting the stage for yet another brawl on capitol hill, this time, with the fate of your paycheck hanging in the balance. joining me now is mike emanuel, he's live on capitol hill this afternoon. so mike, many senators have already left for the week. how are they all going to get this together? >> >> reporter: well alisyn, house members are now traveling from their individual districts back to washington. tonight they are expected to reject that two-month extension the senate approved on saturday. house speaker john boehner says a full year extension the payroll tax holiday ...

for yet another brawl on capitol hill, this time, with the fate of your paycheck hanging in the balance. joining me now is mike emanuel, he's live on capitol hill this afternoon. so mike, many senators have already left for the week. how are they all going to get this together? >> >> reporter: well alisyn, house members are now traveling from their individual districts back to washington. tonight they are expected to reject that two-month extension the senate approved on saturday. house speaker john boehner says a full year extension the payroll tax holiday is very important. >> unde...