that was victor, a unicef official who helped me deliver desks to a school in malawi on my first trip there. we delivered just 30 desks that first time, enough for one classroom, paid for basically with the cash in my pocket. then when i told the story of that first desk delivery on this program, you got involved, and you created many more christmas days at schools all malawi. the first time you contributed $2.5 million. you have maintained that pace since then and have contributed as of tonight a total of 11,493, 269. the high school graduation rate for boys is twice that of girls. we now have three factories in malawi, making these deskes. you have doubled, doubled the number of these desks in schools in mahaw we, but most schools
you have maintained that pace since then and have contributed as of tonight a total of 11,493, 269. the high school graduation rate for boys is twice that of girls. we now have three factories in malawi, making these deskes. you have doubled, doubled the number of these desks in schools in mahaw we, but most schools there still do not have desks. you can help us deliver more desks by going to last word desks.msnbc.com. you can designate for scholarships or desks or as a gift to any one on your gift list and unicef will send them
government data, 45% live above poverty line but can t afford to cover basic needs. a nasa astronaut released stunning new pictures from the international space station that show incredible scenes of nature at work. like hurricane katia and the southern lights. and look at this. one new zealand pilot is very lucky to be alive after his helicopter crashed while helping install a christmas tree. the chopper s blades apparently got caught up in scaffolding. amazingly, he escaped without any major injuries. here s your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,493 after dipping 53 points yesterday. the s&p lost 4 points. the nasdaq was down a point. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei fell 33 points while in hong kong the hang seng dropped 387. in a relatively light day of
loyalists. gadhafi s sons say they are both in custody and wanted by the fcc and war crimes charges. yemen s embattled president has arrived in riyadh. he s expected to sign a power transfer deal to end ten-month-long political crisis in his country. the parents in a high-profile missing child case are scheduled to testify before the phone-hacking inquiry in london on wednesday. the mccanns were highly scrutinized when their daughter, madelei madeleine, was reported missing in 2007. they ll join other victims of media intrusion who will give evidence before the inquiry. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts now. it s 9:00 a.m. here in london. good morning, i m nina dos santos. and it s 5:00 p.m. here in hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the top stories this wednesday, november the 23rd, stock markets sink into the red worldwide. as poor manufacturing numbers fr