facebook.com/carol cnn. >> common theme, grow up.p with a compromise. be mature adults. >> let's see if this happens. thanks. top of the hour, let's get you up to speed. retreating libyan rebels return today as both sides in the civil war are signaling possible concessions. sources tell cnn that the libyan regime is floating a political solution, one that ends with moammar gadhafi stepping aside. at the same time, rebel leaders across the country in benghazi are offering a cease fire with conditions. >>> protests and new violence erupt in the middle east throughout the middle east today. government opponents flooded the streets in yemen, syria and egypt after friday prayers. police open fire in syria. in jordan, police have to separate proand anti-government protesters. >>> a brutal attack on a united nations aid center in north eastern afghanistan, a u.n. spokesman says 12 people were killed, eight u.n. stachers, four were afghans. >>> japan is conducting new tests on beef, pork, poultry, all of that happening today. the concern com