the first prime minister has been indicted. mr. gilani entered a plea of not guilty. the court demanded he ask swiss authorities to revive corruption charges against president zardari and others. an autopsy of whitney houston has revealed no signs of foul play but could take eight weeks to get toxicology result. attempts of resuscitation failed on sunday after she was found unconscious in the bathroom of her hollywood hotel room. those are the world headlines. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m manisha tank. amid anger on athens streets, politicians try to pull greece back from the brink, approving a new round of deep spending cuts that may help the country head off a messy default. rupert murdoch to the rescue. the news corp. chief flies into london while journalists at his best-selling british tabloid are arrested. and friends and colleagues
took a lead after round one are still ahead. election process has months to go. it s scheduled to wrap up in march. beljan belgian police have ruled out terrorism. authorities are puzzled about the reasons for carrying out this gun and grenade attack in downtown. those are the top stories from cnn, the world news leader. i m zain vergee. world business today starts now. hello and welcome to world business today, it s thursday, december 15th and i m nina dos santos at cnn london. and in hong kong, these are the top stories. export angst, disappointing stock day and manufacturing malaise sound alarm bells here in asia. cracks are appearing in the eu s agreement that was men to the save the single currency. and chinese internet senses are way in as anger over a land grab continues. debt and economic distress have dragged western economies down over the past few years, it seems as though asia had been appearing to defy gravity. now it seems the signs are that th
is diana magnay. reporter: the death toll has been revised downward and now they re searching the island to try to find out what kind of ammunition he used and what the chronology of events on the island was. as you say, breivik himself is starting his period of solitary confinement. he hasn t seen his son since he was 16 years old. was horrified to hear the news. let s listen to what he said. translator: no, i ll never have more contact with him in my darkest moment. i think rather than killing all those people, he should have taken his own life. reporter: norwegians yesterday had a moment of silence, and last night a huge rose parade through the streets of oslo. more than 200,000 people. this is still a nation in shock and grieving. and, diana, breivik has said that he did not work alone. reporter: that s right. he s been talking about two groups supporting his action and he told the judge presiding over the case. that s the reason why the court was closed so that
dead. that fighting began on wednesday when armed crowds entered the crowd including a charge of men on horses and camels armed with whips and sticks. two sides fought for hours and egypt s health inster says hundreds of people were injured. manis manisha? the country s economy s been growing at a healthy pace for the past few years me gany egyptians have become poorer. we have more on that. at the end of the day, this just boils down to bread and butter issues at some level. it does, manisha. as you mentioned, about 40% of egypt s population below the poverty line and talking about high unemployment, high inflation in egypt for the last
kong. i m emily reuben at cnn london. let s see what s going on in europe where the markets are now about 90 minutes into the trading day. here s where they stand at the moment as investors start to digest some key indicators released today. all markets generally up. ftse up . .25%. and the dax is seeing biggest rise of them all .56% to 7117. german unemployment data is out. the jobless rate fell slightly to a 18-year low. in january. german and uk pmi figures just out and euro zone jobless figures are due about half an hour so the markets will be watching those numbers. manis manisha? over here in asia, emily, markets mostly higher but gains modest, i m afraid.