accusing washington of turning china into an imagined enemy to cover up us problems. the state department said discussions between the chinese vice foreign minister and the us deputy secretary of state had been frank and open. relations between the two superpowers have become extremely fraught over the last few months. the lebanese parliament has voted for the billionaire businessman nijab mikati to become the next prime minister. lebanon is in a deep economic and financial crisis following last year s beirut port explosion and has been in political deadlock. the current prime minister hassan diab has been ruling in a caretaker capacity after his cabinet resigned following the blast. the website ofjailed russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been blocked by the country s media regulators. the move comes in the run up of general elections and is the latest chapter in a long running crackdown on president putin s most prominent opponent. in addition to mr.
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