opposition sources say police fired on demonstrators, leaving 24 people dead. syrian state media claimed the protesters shot first. the votes have been counted and nigeria s incumbent president won another term in office. goodluck jonathan got enough votes to win a runoff but the election outcome sparked riots where voters favored mr. jonathan s opponent. emote-controlled robots completed their measurements at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. they found high level of radiation in and around the reactors one and three. the death toll from japan s earthquake and tsunami last month has reached nearly 14,000. those are the headlines, i m zain vergee in london. world business today starts now. a very good morning from cnn in london, i m nina dos santos. from cnn hong kong, i m pauline chiou. welcome to the show. here are the top stories. grisly trade. and oil-rich nigeria s stability is threatened. and carmakers from around the world gather in shanghai. u.s.
down. we couldn t get those pictures either. we ll have those and hopefully the tornado pictures as well for tomorrow. all right, chad, thank you. appreciate it. it is our second week documenting felipe cousteau s arctic expedition. he has set up camp at the arctic ice base and here with a fascinating look at how you cook and go to the bathroom in the frozen arctic tundra. this is where we all go to the bathroom. it s and you heated tent, no running water, no plumbing, hand sanitizer, a five gallon bucket with a little makeshift toilet seat on it and i think that s enough said. behind me is the katlyn ice base. now, it s important to note that all the human waste, food waste, trash everything is shipped out of here. nothing is left behind except for footprints. now you ve pretty much seen everything that the base has to offer.
remarking on her death today at 79, taylor s friend elton john said, we have just lost a hollywood giant. more importantly, we have lost an incredible human being. taylor had suffered for years from congestive heart failure and was hospitalized in los angeles for weeks. a former cnn colleague knew elizabeth taylor well and spoke with her many times on the air and off. we re talking about larry king. he joins me now from our studios in los angeles. larry, i know you were a friend to her and interviewed her many times. tell us a little bit about what she was like behind the scenes. she was a hell of a lady. they didn t come like liz taylor. i was thinking today, there is no movie star that is her equivale equivalent. you couldn t think of one female star who god forbid would pass away today that would be the equivalent of this story. she was the last i was going to state last of a special crew, breed, but even in her own time there was no one like her. she was larger than l
libya, for reasons the u.s. military says were mechanical, not hostile. i will say that again for you. the u.s. says the plane had equipment problems and was not shot down. the two-man crew jekted and the pilot was recovered quickly. the weapons officer was found by rebels and americans reached him. neither badly hurt. back in tripoli, reporters saw the results of a missile landing on a port. we also have remarkable pictures from misrata, a city down the coast that gadhafi forces have bombarded for days. this is amateur video uploaded to youtube yesterday. now, we can t confirm when or where it was shot, but we do know misrata s main hospital reports 77 deaths since sunday. the u.n.-approved campaign to protect libyan civilians began saturday and it s still not clear who will actually end up in charge. arab states don t want to work for nato and u.s. has other campaigns to worry about. nato says it will enforce a libyan arms embarge go the in meantime. let s bring in dian
her mouth. she was threatened, but she was able to struggle and get away. in that case, the front door, we know, was locked. it s possible this is tied to two other incidents here. a rape on july 6th. a woman woke up to find a man in her bedroom. in that case, we re told that the door was unlocked. also, on june 30th, a man knocked on the door asking for water. when a woman opened the door, he covered her mouth but she was able to scream and get away. we talked to a lieutenant with the sheriff s department on what women should know and here s what he had to say. it just comes down to common sense and being aware of your surroundings, whether you re coming and going from a parking structure or a garage, your residence, just look around at people. if you recognize somebody or if you don t recognize them, if they look suspicious. if they look suspicious, call the police. dial 911, let us come out, let us talk to these people and find out if they belong or not. reporter: now,