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
fewer americans filed first-time jobless claims last week. the labor department says that it got 395,000 initial claims. that s a drop of 7,000. it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist bono talked to anderson cooper who is reporting from somalia this week. people watch the values, you know, stock values, crumble while, you know, i think about our own sense of values tumbling. because this will define who we are. this is a defining moment for us. there s lots to distract us. few protesters challenged police but streets in london and other cities were mostly calm overnight. in fact, there was much more action in the courts as judges stayed on the bench. all night to proces