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
soldiers in the syrian city of olelepo, according to syrian tv who described it as terrorist attacks. 350 people have been killed vaas syria in an escalating assault by government forces. country ha haest hit by europe s deadly cold snap, but across europe, hundreds are dead, people are snowed in and cars are stranded to the roadsides and even the danyu river is partially frozen, keeping many vessels stuck in port. those are the headlines. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m dina dos santos. and good morning from cnn hong kong. you re watching world business today. the top stories this happy friday, the 10th of february. must try harder. eu ministers say greece s bailout deal is not good enough. almost a year after a deadly earthquake, the new zealand city of christchurch now looks to asia to help finance its rebuilding. and in a densely populated city like hong kong, space can be a luxury, but as flats get
united nations over britain s plans to send a warship and a submarine to the falkland islands, which argentina calls maldivas. and the results are in, and there s. an unexpected clean sweep for rick santorum. santorum is celebrating after winning three state contests on tuesday. the former pennsylvania senator won the colorado and minnesota caucuses and the nonbinding missouri primary. those are the headlines. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina del santos. and from cnn hong kong, this is world business today. the top stories on wednesday, january 8th. ratings agency s&p downgrades sony after a triple whammy of economic challenges. the question is are their exporters now losing out to their south korean rivals? a license to print money. why more american towns are minting their own currencies. and europe s football clubs used to attract all the top talent in international football, but as brazil s ec
the maldives. president mohammed masheed announced his resignation after a police mutiny. they are calling for a greater role for islamic values in the country. cnn has no confirmation of who is currently in control. europe is still dging itself out from last week s snow and more cold weather on the way. some communities in southeastern europe are struggling to cope with record low temperatures. ukraine along has reported 135 deaths from the extreme weather. those are the headlines from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. more travel misery in europe as air france cancels half of all its flights. the airline tells passengers not to bother traveling until the end of the week. it s a big day for greece and a landmark day in europe s history. it s been 20 years since the signing of the maastricht treaty. the question is was it such a
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