after they spent most of the suggestion in negative territory. the hang sang is just about flat right now. the shanghai kpcomposite was do. it has bounced back up. but we are still seeing pressure on commodities and raw material producers. this is from worries that china s slowing growth meets less demand. crude has fallen below $100 a barrel, right now trading at around $99 a barrel. the share market in australia
civilians. three members of his unit had already pled guilty. gibbs was accused of cuts off pieces of the corpses to keep as souvenirs and planting weapons to make it look as though the men were taliban fighters. gibbs will be eligible for parole in ten years. in the turkish city, 28 people have been pulled alive from the rubble after a deadly earthquake wednesday night. rescue crews worked throughout the day, thursday, to reach people still trapped. dozens more may still be buried. the government says 260 survivors have been taken to other cities. the death toll stands at 12. the murdoch media empire has been compared to the mafia. he said they adopted a code of silence surrounding the phone hacking scandal. murdoch rejetted the allegation when he appeared before mps thursday. he insists he didn t learn about the scope of the problem until last year. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now