the pentagon says it s because there isn t a proper long-term detention facility in afghanistan. about 200 people are taking part in the peaceful protest against the killings in a neighboring province. u.s. defense secretary leon panetta is on his second day of his visit to afghanistan. around the time he was scheduled to arrive, an afghan national stole a vehicle and drove it on to the runway. the car crashed into a ditch. the driver later died. nato says panetta was never in danger. myanmar state television broadcast a campaign speech by pro democracy lead yee yeer ann sue chi. she called for reforms and media freedom, but they say some criticisms of the ruling punta were censored. the broadcast marks the first time myanmar s government has aired a speech by su chi. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and welcome to world business today. the top stories this thursday, march 15th. and also great for britain.
president mahmoud ahmadinejad is in pakistan for a regional summit. he joins pakistani prime minister gilani who is facing a contempt of court charge before his country s supreme court. hamid karzai is there as well, saying his government is holding talks with the taliban, a claim the taliban denies. police in thailand are seeking an arrest warrant for a fifth iranian suspect in connection with a bomb incident in the thai capital on tuesday. they re looking to detain javad, a 52-year-old man who was last seen leaving the building where the first explosion went off. four arrest warrants have been issued and three men are in custody following the blasts which blew one of the men s legs off. those are the top stories from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnnland done, i m charles hodson. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today this friday, january i should say fe
battles between police and protesters. egyptians took to the streets on thursday upset at how police handled or they say mishandled the football riot that left 79 dead a day earlier two people were killed in suez on thursday. u.n. diplomats have come up with a new security council resolution on syria and how to deal with them. it draws specific language russia doesn t like including references to sanctions and military intervention. i m manesha monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. hello and welcome to world business today. happy friday to all of you. i m nina dos santos at cnn london. and i m andrew stevens at cnn hong kong. the top stories this february the 3rd, friday, it s megamerger in the making. xstra tchlt at and glencore. bentley rolls out a vehicle worth around $200,000. and it s nearly super bowl sunday where the halftime ainvestment rts can cost as much as a movie. the mining group xstrata are in talks to merge with glencore. the
government. signing a bailout is at the center of negotiations between the political parties. the international atomic energy agency says it has, quote, serious concerns about iran s nuclear program. the u.n. s nuclear watchdog says it has credible information that tehran may be developing nuclear weapons. iran s president calls the report a fabrication. u.s. officials say they ll use the report to lobby for new sanctions. the vote is under a year away, but controversy is already swirling in the u.s. presidential campaign. four women accuse republican candidate herman cain of sexual harassment. cain flatly denied the accusations in a news conference tuesday saying the democrat machine was behind a ploy to derail his presidential bid. those are the top headlines from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. t
good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. and good morning from london. i m felicia taylor. it was a long time coming, but european leaders filly got there. shortly before 4:00 a.m. in brussels the announcement we d all been waiting for. european leaders struck a deal on the eurozone debt crisis. here are the key points. the agreement includes a compromise with private investors. holders of greek bonds have greed take a 50% write down on the value of those assets. also the effective strength of the bailout fund will be boosted to about a trillion euros. but european banks will be told to brace for further turmoil. the banks zill to increase their capital reserves to 9% to protect themselves against potential losses following those write downs or defaults that possibly could occur further down the line. at a press conference in the early hours of the morning in brussels, the european council president emphasized the need for tighter fiscal discipline within th