and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. france s president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a sitting french president. nicolas sarkozy visited his wife and new daughter in a paris hospital a few hours after the girl was born. those are the headlines. i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this thursday, october 20th, you re looking at live pictures of crowds gathering in athens, constitution square
their crack downon opposition protesters has been going on for nearly five months. the investors know the queasy feeling again as the markets turn down after a rally that was all too brief. the numbers in asia aren t too impressive either making the european stock markets a lonely bright spot. of course, we ll bring you full coverage on world business today. that s coming up next. two attacks occurred in pakistan on thursday. a police truck passed by killing five people, including four officers. minutes later police say a teenage suicide bomber blew herself up at a police check pointd killing a passerby and woulding three others. those are the top storying. i m monita rajpal from cnn london. world business today starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a very good morning to you from cnn london. i m nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andruw stevens, you re watching world business today. here are our top stories this thursday, au
here, like, drop your baby to me. she shouted out, are you sure you re going to catch him? at that point she dropped him, i caught him, wrapped him up in my jacket. we went away from the burning building. the mother jumped out as the firefighters arrived. they were gnot able to save the other two boys. outside atlanta, a pilot and passenger walked away from an emergency landing in a highway. an faa spokeswoman reported the pilot reported losing power, managed to land without hitting any cars then slid on to the median. and this, just keep on trying and trying. now, that s 10-year-old andrew mccloud s motto. that s what he believes. he was born legally blind. he has made the swim team at the northwest ymca in wichita, kansas, and his dad says that andr andrew s keeping up now with the other swimmers, even beating
andr andrew? the asian markets were the worst performing big markets in the world last year. it looks like they picked up where they left off. we ve had one good day of the new trading year. surprise, surprise, europe remains front and center. the crisis returning despite encouraging data from the u.s. and europe. also, word from the greek p.m. who warns of uncontrolled default if wage cuts are not made. also has his attention on spain, the regional government of valencia is late to repaying a loan to deutsche bank. that fears that spain, too, may need some assistance. the nikkei down 0.8%, shanghai down nearly a full percent. hong kong, the only one standing out there up by about 0.5%. trading this week, charles, has been pretty thin.
here. we ll go above normal with the temperatures over the next few days in central florida there. so about a quarter of the citrus crop impacted but not in a significant fashion here. so i think our orange juice prices, hopefully, won t be going up this year. guys? okay, ivan, many thanks to you. and having seen from frost does to my orange trees at home, it takes the leaves off, i certainly feel for the growers in florida. many thanks to you. andrew? didn t know you could grow oranges in the uk, charles. you live and learn. orange juice prices may be staying flat, which is good news. bad news is if you re looking for good sushi in japan, it could cost you a pretty penny. it s already notoriously expensive but in japan, the delicacy could now be hitting a new high. that s because a bluefin tuna sold for a record price in tokyo today. this is prize catch, went for