reporter: monita, we ve just heard from the interior ministry something which you could read in certain ways, i suppose. two gunshots were fired at 2:00 a.m. in the morning. so about seven hours ago now. they don t know why and since then they haven t heard anything. they haven t heard any kind of communication with the suspect holed up inside the house. he had said earlier in discussions with police that he had wanted to die with his weapons in his hand. interior ministry has said consistently that their priority is to get him out alive. we hope that he s alive. there is a possibility on my reading of that information that could be that the gunshots fired, he has i mean, it is a possibility that he might have killed himself that there is no contact with him. of course, that is pure conjecture on my part. we really don t know what s going on inside that house and the siege continues, monita. very difficult to understand. to actually gauge what s happening when there is
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.
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
school. the gun was found at the scene. witnesses say lane walked up to a group of students sitting in the cafeteria and opened fire. the latest polls put republican presidential frontrunners mitt romney and rick santorum in a dead heat going into today s primaries. both candidates have made a final push in michigan. the second contest is in arizona. michigan is a vital test of romney since he was born and raised there and his father served as governor. world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london. i m nina dell santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this tuesday, february 28th. asia chief explains the latest results and tells us where the growth is. the world conference, not his latest company s weapon against apple and google. it was wall street s gordon gecko who famously said greed is good. the actor who played him now has a very different message. first up, though,
the first prime minister has been indicted. mr. gilani entered a plea of not guilty. the court demanded he ask swiss authorities to revive corruption charges against president zardari and others. an autopsy of whitney houston has revealed no signs of foul play but could take eight weeks to get toxicology result. attempts of resuscitation failed on sunday after she was found unconscious in the bathroom of her hollywood hotel room. those are the world headlines. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m manisha tank. amid anger on athens streets, politicians try to pull greece back from the brink, approving a new round of deep spending cuts that may help the country head off a messy default. rupert murdoch to the rescue. the news corp. chief flies into london while journalists at his best-selling british tabloid are arrested. and friends and colleagues