tonight on worldfoc new number show chins economy growing fter than excted and on the verge of replacingapan as the second largt in the world. could china s boom go bust? china s coming totheescue of many haitians. we look at their grong humanitarian ro. in the aftermath of hai s vastating earthquake, we follow one family quest to bury a loved one withdignity. pandemonium in anghai. hocould we resist one look at this. major support habeen provided rosalind p. walter and the peter g. petson undation, dedicated to promotg fiscal responsibility and addressi key economic challeng facing america s future. d additional funding is provid by the following supporters goo evening, i m martin savidg thanks foroining us. we rgoing to shift gears tonight and retur to a subject the world was cussed on for much of last year, the gbal economy. the world bank is out with its predictions for the next yea on one hand the world says t economic cris is largely over and the global
tonight on worldfocus haiti is rocked by a strong aftershock shaking buildings and sending people into the streets. meanwhile, many in that devastated country are asking where is their government? you don t need oil to run electric cars. but you do need batteries. we take to you a poor country that may be on the verge of you becoming the saudi arabia of south america thanks to lithium. and in italy. the government wants to know why that country s food staple costs so much. could someone be fixing the price of pasta? tonight we noodle it over. from the different perspectives of reporters and analysts from around the globe, this is worldfocus. major support has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america s future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters good evening. i m martin savidge. thank you for joining us
there was the expansion of u.s anti-narcotics activities in colombia. worthy of debate but this had been under debate for years. to mexico, our closest neighbor, it leads to the south. president obama went there very early on in his administration. what are we doing to help mexico in its terrible problem with the drug war? this has been a big year in terms of the money we sent down to mexico. there have been hundreds of millions of dollars sent down. more than that, we ve seen much more cooperation from the highest levels from obama going down there, other cabinet ministers going down to mexico, to mid level. much more sharing of intelligence, sharing of equipment, and even cooperation on operations. and mexico in the last couple months has been quite successful in identifying and capturing several kingpins which has been a big part of the strategy of both the united states and mexico. so this is one place where this last year, we ve seen a lot of cooperation and some fru
tonight on worldfocus aid to quake victims is slowly increasing in haiti. tonight we look at the plight of those trying to stay alive on their own. our story raises the question is this looting or survival? and suffer the little children. in the aftermath of disaster, emergency agencies are trying to cope with perhaps tensf thousands of injured children. many now orphans. in china, they ve been working on the railroad. high speed rail is on the fast track, linking cities like never before. some are claiming china stole the technology. and in a sign of faith, russians take thplunge. from the different perspectives of reporters and analysts from around the globe, this is worldfocus. major support has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america s future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters good evening.
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