investigation. he was among nine people killed in a mortar attack in a southern city. the reporter was covering a pro-government rally when it came under fire. that was gilles jacquier. nigeriians have been on a strike the past few days protesting a doubling in the fuel. a fuel subsidy was removed. those are the headlines. world business today starts now. hello, and a warm welcome to world business today. i m nina dos santos at cnn london. aim andrew stevens in hong kong. here are the top stories this thursday, january 12th. japan stands side by side with the u.s. with a pledge to cut its imports of iranian oil. a breakthrough for some, a gimmick to others. can tvmakers really convince us that 3d is the way to go? we ll hear the hard sell from the las vegas electronics show. and monuments to capitalism or hashi iharbingers of economi what the skyscraper tells us about boom and bust. japan says it s prepared to reduce the april of oil it imports from the republic
newt gingrich for the hour, piers morgan interview starts now. good evening. eyes are on south carolina. the republican primary days away. candidates are swarming all over the state. here is something you may not know about one of them, newt gingrich. the man has an absolute passion for animals and zoos. he invited us to south carolina s science center. dog eat dog on the campaign trail. all the wild things in here seem pretty peaceful to me. with exception possibly of newt gingrich. why here? it s fun. it s interesting. it gets you back to nature. it reminds you of the world we live in and the fact that life is bigger than us. last time i saw you, you instinctively cited being in the african bush, seeing wild animals at play. it wasn t entirely surprising that you chose this location, but i walked around earlier, it seemed to be an appropriate venue in the sense that right behind you is a large praying mantis, the most predatory animal on earth. think of that as the
that s very impressive, 71,500. he is 28 thousand votes ahead of ron paul who has come in second. jon huntsman, former utah governor coming this third, 17%. 31,886. there s a battle under way for fourth and fifth. newt gingrich right now with 81% of the precinct et reporting slightly s head of rick santorum. both at 10%. rick perry barely did anything in new hampshire. he is already in south carolina getting ready for that. let s go to mitt romney headquarters right now. candy crowley is watching what s going on. he delivered a pretty powerful speech tonight, victory speech, in new hampshire and it follows his victory. albeit by a very, very tight margin but so far candy, two for two. he is. and you know, if the romney people could have scripted this evening, it could not have gone any better for them. he had a good and solid first place, and running a distant second, ron paul, really the candidate they feared the least, the man they don t think will ever be acceptable to t
role of military leader driving a tank, inspecting troops and rising horses. most analysts put the new korean leader s aides at either 28 or 29. prominent political adviser and d.c. pundit tony blankly died after a battle with stomach cancer. he was on former white house newt gingrich s staff from 1990 to 1997 and later served as a political commentator for nbc and npr and on the washington times. he also was a speechwriter in the reagan administration. more of the new hampshire debate right after this. cnn is bringing you a special encore presentation. for my arthritis, i use new capzasin quick relief gel. (announcer) starts working on contact and at the nerve level. to block pain for hours. new capzasin, takes the pain out of arthritis.
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