from turkey. reporter: fredricka, the syrian government held state funerals for some of the more than 50 victims from a massive bombing that took place thursday at the capital of damascus outside the headquarters of one of syria s intelligence and security department. now, a shadowy group that identifies itself claims responsibility for the blast in a web posting. they previously claimed responsibility for other large explosions in syria. meanwhile the syrian government has claimed to have foiled an attempted suicide truck bombing in the large city in the last 24 hours. meanwhile the families of two turkish journalists are celebrating right now. they went missing in syria nearly two months ago. they weren t heard of at all until about a week ago and many feared they were dead. well, it turned out they had been held at a sear yaus prison and a turkish islamic charity has helped negotiate their release. they were flown there earlier today. it appears as part of a prisoner swa
road to democracy. she spoke to reporters after holding a second round of talks with hillary clinton. the u.s. secretary of state has called myanmar s reforms a positive step. she warned they need to make more changes before the u.s. will consider restoring diplomatic relations. jipgs wi s the militarys of egypt say they won t be ready until does he or sunday. democrats and republicans say an extension of the payroll tax cut will help the economy but can t agree on how to pay for it. the senate shot down proposals brought by both parties forcing more negotiations. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader, i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. happy friday and welcome to wbt i m andrew stevens in hong kong. these are the top stories. time to make a change. germany and france champion a major eu overhaul but differ on the details. it s all about jobs this friday. the big monthly nonfarm payroll number is out in a few hours from now. i