went bankrupt. opposition activists said 62,000 people were killed in the country. this video posted on youtube appears to show members of the free syrian army in the back of a pickup truck engaged in a heavy gun fight with government forces in homs. cnn cannot independently confirm the authenticity of this video. special ensloi, kofi annan, called for an immediate end to the violence. he warned against external military intervention. iran s ambassador said his country is ready to re-engage with the nuclear watchdog agency. his comment comes as western powers say they are ready to resume talks on iran s nuclear program without preconditions, but the ambassador says iran will never give up its nuclear program. those are the headlines from cnn. i m juanita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories
from the besieged arab red crescent. western diplomats say that iran is trying to clean up something at its military base. inspectors believe the site may have been used to test triggers for nuclear bombs. this is what a solar flair looks like up close. the flair erupted and was captured by scientists in this dramatic video by nasa. we should be feeling its effects today as radiation distorts the magnetic field possibly disrupting the gps signals. those are the headlines from cnn. i m juanita raj paul. 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, a boom town in the midst of devastation. we ll tell you about a japanese city doing brisk business as its neighbors struggle to rebuild. the deadline for the greek debt swap is fast approaching. the signs so far are good as people sign up to push the dea
israeli prime minister netanyahu spoke out on monday that the threat and time for dip seu is falling short. barack obama reiterated america s intention to try to avoid military conflict over iran s program and restated diplomatic means of dealing with tehran. iran said it wants nuclear technology solely for peaceful purposes. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london, i m anita desantos. and very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. the top stories this tuesday, march the 6th. the world s second biggest cotton producer bans export. india s surprise announcement hits the market. and turning against nuclear energy in japan. as the company prepares to shut down its last two reactors, how will it fill the energy gap? and the geneva motor show rolls in today. green motoring may be all the rage, but the show is also luxury overtaking some of the machines. first off, though, let s go straight to the stock markets in europe. these markets have b
cities of dara and homs. opposition groups say there have been executions and that the bodies of dozens of civilians have been found in a district near homs. president obama will be meeting with benjamin netanyahu on sunday. he told the biggest pro-israel lobby group that he is prepared to use force. he said america s diplomat pressure on iran will continue. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader, i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this monday, march 5th. chinese lawmakers are setting the political and economic agenda for the year ahead. their annual meeting is now under way in beijing. it was jaem s worst crisis since the second world war. one year after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, we look at how the world s third biggest economy is still rebuildin
affect the u.s. economic recovery with higher prices. more compensations cost for costa cruises. the costa allegra ship are offered full reimbursement. first off though, greece has made a lot of sacrifices to try and secure its second big bailout from the eu and the imf. unfortunately though, it seems as though it still hasn t made enough. eurozone members holding a meeting in brussels decided to withhold more than half of the $175 billion that athens so badly needs to stay afloat. that s the portion due to go straight into the government bank. while greece struggles, another aspect has been sealed. the finance ministers have approved the funds required to safeguard a $274 billion debt swap for greece s private creditors. they have lost more than 70% of their value on their bonds in real terms. early this week what we saw with standard and poors becoming the first of the big credit rating agencies to define in as a default. with them tasked with deciding whether default i