2. New warnings from Fed Chair Ben Bernanke to Congress in its pursuit of budget deal. He says the economy could fall off a fiscal cliff if tax increases and budget cuts take hold.

 

 

 

3. Fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces spreads to new areas of the capital Damascus, even a brief firefight near Parliament. It is the most sustaining fighting in the city since uprising started 16 months ago.

 

 

 

4. Olympic athletes start to stream into London for the 2012 games, but already there are logistic snags, not enough security guards and the wrong turn by a driver with a bus full of athletes.