he called it an inadvertent error. that has not quieted the protests in afghanistan. the taliban s calling on muslims to seek revenge. who s going to be the prime minister of australia come monday. the stage is set for a showdown. the governing labor party will vote on monday. rudd says ms. gill lard can t win the next election. we ll have more on that story in just a moment. i m zain verjee. world business today. good morning. from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. this is world business today. these are the top stories on friday, february the 24th. greece s debt burden has been lightened but its debt holders are about to see the value of their bonds drop. the u.s. takes on organized crime in japan imposing sanctions on high ranking members of the yakazu. what does google know about you? new privacy policies make it harder to keep your information under wraps these days. first up, to our top story today. today is the daze day that greece finally unveils its propos
families being notified today, receiving the sad news. one was a uh 1 helicopter, one an ah 1 w helicopter. very routine training exercise by all accounts and sadly a mid-air collision killing all seven marines on board both heel lows overnight. we will follow all of the breaking details that we get from you, barbara, and also the investigation now taking place. barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks. sure. look, it s no surprise when you reach the top, you get a target on your back. and poll surging rick santorum found that out last night at cnn s debate in arizona. while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. you re entitled to your opinions but you re not entitled to i ve heard that line before. misrepresent the facts and you re misrepresenting the facts. you don t know what you re talking about. yes, governor you balanced the budget for four years. you have a constitutional requirement to balance the budget i
were killed when gunmen fired on a check point. representatives from around the world are meeting right now in london to discuss somalia. the country has been mired in war and famine for more than 20 years. british prime minister david cameron is hosting the meeting to promote a global resolution to the situation. i m max foster, world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and good evening from cnn hong kong. i m pauline choiu. this is world business today, the top stories this day, japan appears willing to lend a hand to europe despite its own daunting debt pile. a falling out at the top of the gambling empire, bribery allegations drive two long-term business partners apart. a stampede into lin sanity. one company had the financial for site to buy in two years ago and has walked in with a bargain. they re not soaring and they re not slumping, but there is a perceptible lethargy on the markets as investors say tuesday
of almost like front-runnerish position. that was the 20th gop debate last night on cnn and really hit from all sides accused of being a big spender and accused of being a washington insider and accused of being a fake at which point he s like, i m real, i m real. some of the toughest attacks came from mitt romney. they literally yelled at each other. listen. while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to no where. just as torturous as they were kind of going at it. al stewart national press secretary for the santorum 2012 presidential campaign. nice to have you with us this morning. there were some comments from if you scan the headlines. some people said he did a great job in the debate and others said he was deep in the weeds of the debate. he outlined his record and also pointed out the fact that despite the distortions from other candidates, he never voted to raise taxes in washington and voted against the wasteful spending i
journalist from the daily telegraph joins us from kabul with the latest. what s happening today, and could this escalate? well, it seems to have already escalated. today s protests seem to be more violent and more furious than yesterday. there are several hundred people on the eastern side of kabul trying to get into the city center. they ve burned shops. there are reports that shots have been fired in the air to try to stop them. there are also protests in the eastern city of jie lal bad, where a dr. told us that one person has been shot dead and ten wounded. so it is escalating already. ben farmer from the uk s daily telegraph. thank you. kevin rudd has resigned as australia s foreign minister. he made the announcement as a hastily convened press conference in washington. he told them he would not be involved in a, quote, stealth attack on a prime minister. there had been speculation that rudd was trying to challenge julia gillard for leadership amid reports she w