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Commercial passenger vessels which includes cruise ships and smaller tour boats, and the federal transit administration adopted new emergency engineering standards for trains and buses figuring standing passengers now take 1.75 square feet of space, not the old 1.5 square feet. businesses are also adjusting. there are oversized coffins, wider movie theater seats and ambulances coming with stretchers rated for 1200 pounds. doctors who specialize in obesity say, sadly, these adjustments make sense...

greece passes next years budget. it is packed with tax increases and spending cuts which are required to secure bailout funds. the budget cuts, the deficit pushes the deficit to 5.24 gdp, down from 9%. ahead of the u.s. 2012 election campaign, u.s. president barack obama says the middle class needs to step up to the plate. he called for more taxes on the wealthy. those are the top stories from cnn, im monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. hello and welcome to yo...

road to democracy. she spoke to reporters after holding a second round of talks with hillary clinton. the u.s. secretary of state has called myanmars reforms a positive step. she warned they need to make more changes before the u.s. will consider restoring diplomatic relations. jipgs wi s -- the militarys of egypt say they wont be ready until does he or sunday. democrats and republicans say an extension of the payroll tax cut will help the economy but cant agree on how to pay for i...

stock exchange and other public areas. the protest movement began two months ago on september 17th. frustrations over the financial crisis are also playing out in greece. thousands of people poured into the streets of athens to commemorate a student uprising in 1973 but it quickly turned into a demonstration against new government austerity measures. the ruling coalition plans to submit a new round of budget cuts to parliament later today. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton wi...

just as it began. will he stay or will he go? thats the big issue in the birth place of democracy as the greek prime minister, george papandreou and his government faces a crucial confidence vote in parliament later today. the outcome of the vote may have seemed a bit predictable just 24 hours ago. now it seems its far from certain. after mr. papandreou backed away from a referendum on a debt deal he announced days earlier. all of this comes as leaders of the g20 are gathered. its sure...

good afternoon from cnn hong kong. im andrew stevens. >> and good morning from london. im felicia taylor. it was a long time coming, but european leaders filly got there. shortly before 4:00 a.m. in brussels the announcement wed 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...

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 countrys first free election. the countrys 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 theyll reach out to secular political parties to form a broad-based moderate coalition. the thai go...

strike. thousands of public employees say theyll walk off their jobs this week as parliament prepares to vote on yet another round of austerity measures. wrnss in yemens capital say government troops killed at least five people when they opened fire on pro democracy demonstrators. sundays violence left eight dead and more than 50 wounded. the surge in violence is blamed on al qaeda and the muslim brotherhood. a revolutionary forces commander was killed in sirte in the front line on...

gadhafi. they say they are on the verge of taking the port city of sirte. a spade of killings at a port on the mekong river has interrupted cargo trade between children that and thailand. at least 12 sailors were murdered in what may have been a drug traffic attempt. investigations are continuing. severe weather in new zealand is hampering efforts to corn taken an oil spill off the countrys north eye land. authorities are trying to pump the remaining oil off a ship that struck a re...

many are looking at the gop presidential candidates with a fresh eye. did rick perry do anything to damage his status as the frons runner? ill ask newt gingrich about his performance as well. stand by. hes joining us live. plus, a brazen taliban attack on the united states embassy in afghanistan. some insurgents may still be on the loose now. we have new pictures and information coming from kabul and some top california politicians are trying to figure out what, if anything, is left of...