medical officials say hamas troops may be buried in the rubble. three french aid workers kidnaped more than five months ago in yemen have been freed by al qaeda militants. the french news agency quotes nicolas sarkozy and officials as confirming the release. no word yet on their condition. mr. sarkozy thanked the authorities for their help. an inquiry prompting by the phone hacking scandal brought down by the british tabloid gets under way in london today. investigators will look at the culture, practices and ethics of the british news media. a separate police probe of the scannedle is ongoing. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stephens. you re watching world business today. our top stories this morning, the 14th of november. president obama wants asia to keep on growing but tells c
good morning to you. happy monday, november 7th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m carol costello joining you live from new york this morning. prime minister george papandreou is meeting with the leader of the main opposition party after agreeing to step down. on the table who will be the next prime minister after both sides agree to form a unity government? the new government is expected to approve a $178 billion bailout package aimed at preventing greece from defaulting on its massive debt. cnn s diana magnay explains how it went down. reporter: it was a day of intense political wrangling in athens as the leaders of the two main parties fought tooth and nail over the formation of a new government. finally they came together in a late night meeting with the president. the reporters waited outside. after one and a half hour, a written statement delivered through the bars of the palace gate, a statement that a new government will be formed to tide the country through t
the arab league has released a statement criticizing syria s failure to end the violence against protesters. preliminary results show nicaraguan president is heading for certain re-election in sunday s presidential election. he enjoyed strong support thanks to anti-poverty. and a solid victory was won in guatemala. lady gaga stole the show at the mtv mewes acusic awards. justin bieber, eminem and katy perry were among the other top winners. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson, this is world business today. here are our top stories on monday, november 7th. as the greek prime minister george papandreou prepares to bow out of politics, the focus shifts to italy, can silvio berlusconi s political career survive another parliamentary vote? tourism in thailand takes a knock as business travelers and holidaymakers cancel their trips. we look at the
this. good morning and happy friday. it is november 4th. this is your manhatt a.m. wake- call, i m carol costello. one of the women accusing the republican presidential candidate of sexual harassment may issue a statement later today. her lawyer says she would rebut cain s denials of any sexual advances when the woman worked for cain at the national restaurant association in the late 90s. she s one of three women who have accused cain of inappropriate behavior. cain repeatedly denied the allegations but has acknowledged at least one severance payment was made to an accuser. in a radio interview with sean hannity, mccain vowed to press ahead with his campaign. i can assure you this, sean, this will not deter me. this businessman will not be deterred in his drive to basically feel what i m supposed to be doing, which is to win this nomination and win the presidency. politico.com first broke the story on sunday and since then cain has given conflicting accounts on the al
call. i m carol costello joining you live this morning from new york. herman cain begins this week fighting off allegations of inappropriate behavior. political reports, at least two women accuse cain of sexually suggestive behavior when he was president of the national restaurant association in the 1990s. here s how he responded when confronted about those allegations. i m not going to comment about two people you won t tell me who they are. that s like negotiating i m not going to comment on that, because i think that that is one of those kinds of things that that was the last question. last question. have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? cain s campaign has also released this statement, it reads in part, since washington establishment critics haven t had much luck in attacking mr. cain s ideas about how to fix the economy and create jobs they are trying to attack him in any way they can, end quote. more than 2 million people in the northeast are