protesters pelted the delegation with eggs and tomatoes saying its members were too close to president bashar al assad. dissidents also say syrian forces killed 25 people across syria on wednesday. news corp. executive is preparing for his second appearance between british mps today. they suspect he misled them when testifying with his father, rupert, in july. police officials say 4,000 people may have had their phones hacked. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. we are in one of those defining moments where we either unite or face irrelevant convenience. europe at the cross roads. t good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. you re watching world business today. every time we think that we ve reached the pits of the european debt debacle it seems as though another event serves to remind us there s no quick fix here for the moment. the markets continue to take yet another t
good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. and good morning from london. i m felicia taylor. it was a long time coming, but european leaders filly got there. shortly before 4:00 a.m. in brussels the announcement we d all been waiting for. european leaders struck a deal on the eurozone debt crisis. here are the key points. the agreement includes a compromise with private investors. holders of greek bonds have greed take a 50% write down on the value of those assets. also the effective strength of the bailout fund will be boosted to about a trillion euros. but european banks will be told to brace for further turmoil. the banks zill to increase their capital reserves to 9% to protect themselves against potential losses following those write downs or defaults that possibly could occur further down the line. at a press conference in the early hours of the morning in brussels, the european council president emphasized the need for tighter fiscal discipline within th
the former libyan leader was buried at a secret location in the desert. a handful of supporters paid their respects. in tunisia, a moderate party has won the country s first free election. the country s once banned party has begun coalition talks, but the results have some worried that the rise of a religious party might endanger civil rights especially for women. and now officials say they ll reach out to secular political parties to form a broad-based moderate coalition. the thai government is in crisis mode as floodwaters push further into bangkok. they shut down the city s second airport on tuesday. waters ep croced onto runways making takeoffs and landings impossible. the airport s been doubling as a shelter and headquarters for flood relief operations. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee, and world business today starts now. it s the day investors have been waiting for. they meet in brussels to hash out a complex plan to hash