town of brega from moscow. i lived here for 15 years. and here at the tchaikovsky conservatory the great oyster became my most influential teacher received. this from we thought it was normal it was only in hindsight that we understood how fortunate we didn t to be surrounded by such towering musical giants. are there are.
on the day and the battle over about 150 or 200-mile area. there is currently fighting still going on in brega, that important oil port, and even though the rebels have put up their best fighting force, it still looks like it s moving into gadhafi force s favor. they have created a crisis team. it s something they want to use, a group of individuals who will be reaching out and trying to consolidate and govern the parts of the country now that they control. and it is about a third of the country in the east. meanwhile, gadhafi forces have been pounding away at that last rebel stronghold here in the west called misrata. again, more killed, more wounded. the latest figures from doctors inside misrata is at least 240 people have been killed from attacks by gadhafi tanks and artilleries since the six weeks
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
carolinas and threatening the entire northeastern seaboard. we ll have a lot of details about that tonight. the other breaking story, of course, libya and the hunt for gadhafi. the opposition s already got his cap. this guy took it out of his pal as. now they want that head that goes with it and they re willing to pay. $2.5 million for the dictator dead or alive, they say. one of his sons still at large is sending e-mails to our nick robertson. nick just got another one a few minutes ago and he joins us shortly. in the meantime, heavy fighting today in tripoli. take a look. running street battles all day. this video s from the capital s eastern neighborhoods not far from the airport. the field in opposition hands but still taking heavy shell, from loyalist fighters nearby, some of it just within the last-mile-per-hour or two. the two side exchanging artillery throughout the day. opposition commanders say they ve been trying to direct fire to minimize civilian casualties b
good evening, everyone. tonight, we have two big breaks stories. one is hurricane irene now officially a major storm. the view here from space it is huge. category 3 and getting stronger this hour. now pointed straight at the carolinas and threatening the entire northeastern seaboard. we ll have a lot of details about that tonight. the other breaking story, of course, libya and the hunt for gadhafi. the opposition s already got his cap. this guy took it out of his palace. now they want that head that goes with it and they re willing to pay. $2.5 million for the dictator dead or alive, they say. one of his sons still at large is sending e-mails to our nick robertson. nick just got another one a few minutes ago and he joins us shortly. in the meantime, heavy fighting today in tripoli. take a look. [ gun fire ] running street battles all day. this is from the capital s eastern neighbors, not far from the airport. the field in opposition hands but still taking heavy shellin