weekend. more than four million people are without electric power. a truck bomb followed by a gun battle killed at least two people in the southern afghan city of kandahar. it happened outside the international relief and development office. afghan officials say two people were wounded in that attack. taliban fighters set off a truck bomb, entered the compound and fired on security forces. closing arguments could begin in the next few days in the trial of michael jackson s doctor. on friday an expert witness called by the defense testified that jackson likely died from self injecting a powerful sedative while the defendant, conrad murray, was away. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee. world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. this is world business today. our top stories on monday, the 31st of october. back in the air, qantas resumes flying after a 48-hour shutdown. japan sells off c
and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. france s president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a sitting french president. nicolas sarkozy visited his wife and new daughter in a paris hospital a few hours after the girl was born. those are the headlines. i m zain vergee and 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, october 20th, you re looking at live pictures of crowds gathering in athens, constitution square
standing ovation. the general assembly overwhelmingly accepted to vote for the credentials of the country s new leadership which promises to form a new government in ten days. those are the headlines. i m zain verjee, and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina des santos. this is world business today. these are your top stories on wednesday, september 21st. a disastrous day for insurers, earthquakes and extreme weather send lloyd s of london deeply into the red. flights, trains and work shifts are canceled in japan as typhoon roke makes landfall. and better maritime security forces somali pirates to change their business model. so plenty to come on this jam-packed show. we ll check the markets for you. first let s have some positive news to consider. the greek government says that it s made progress in its talks with the european commission, the international monetary fund and the european central bank. these three institutions oft
a.m. in london, 4:00 p.m. in hong kong. hello, i m andrew stevens. i m charles hodson, you re watching cnn s continuing coverage of the uprising in libya. history is unfolding today in libya as colonel moammar gadhafi s 42-year grip on power appears to be coming to an end. here now the latest. anti-gadhafi forces say they re in control of most parts of tripoli. the rebels caution there are still some pockets of resistance in the capital. colonel gadhafi s own whereabouts are unknown now, but there have been sporadic gunfire and explosions near his al aziz la compound in tripoli. rebels say they have now capt e captured three of gadhafi s surviving sons. prosecutors for the international criminal court say they hope to put saif gadhafi on trial, but a spokesman said the libyan people should decide whether to handover the sons to the icc. we ve been able to speak with some libyans who say they are ready for change. one young woman says the country has been put through 42 ye
at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. they praised the response at the plant as exemplary. the power plant was badly damaged after a quake triggered a tsunami in march. former bosnia serb commander is now awaiting charges at the hague. he s facing war crimes of the massacre of 8,000 men and boys in 1995. after 16 days in space, shuttle endeavour is back on earth. nasa s 30-year shuttle program will come to an end after the launch of atlantis in the coming weeks. those are the headlines. world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina december santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens and you re watching world business today. the top stories this wednesday, australia suffers its biggest economic squeeze in 20 years after severe flooding soaks the mining industry. mixed fortunes in the tech sector. apple had its head in the data cloud wu nokia is feeling under the weather. and doubts, mistakes and regrets. n