fighting remains intense in both towns. jurors should hear from a second girlfriend of dr. conrad murray tuesday as prosecutors argue that the physician is sponge for michael jackson s death. the first of three girlfriends testified on monday along with emergency room doctors who treated jackson the day he died. both er doctors said murray never mentioned that jackson was taking propofol. those are the headlines from cnn. world business today starts now. i m zain verjee. good morning from cnn london. i m nina dos santos. hello. from cnn hong kong i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. tuesday, october 4th. stocks are falling. global investors just can t shake off the gloom. analysis from the trieding florida in london. mod daryn slavery in c cambod cambodia. detainers like this then we feel if we are a prisoner. can you unlock the front door? the first in a series of ex-clous save cnn freedom project reports coming up throughout the course
council claims 50,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in february. so far cnn is unable to confirm that figure. rebels are giving gadhafi loyalists until saturday to surrender the town of sirte and others they control. sirte is colonel gadhafi s hometown and one of the places he may be hiding. the ntc says it s trying to avoid bloodshed but threatens an all-out attack if the loyalists fail to disarm. syrian opposition forces say security forces cracked down on anti-government groups around the country. six people reportedly were killed in the city of dara. those are the top stories from cnn the world s news leader. i m zain verjee and world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the libyan rebels oil and finance minister tells us the country s oil production could be back to full strength within a year. you have b