and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. france s president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a sitting french president. nicolas sarkozy visited his wife and new daughter in a paris hospital a few hours after the girl was born. those are the headlines. i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this thursday, october 20th, you re looking at live pictures of crowds gathering in athens, constitution square
financial firm, let alone any other company, they can t let it go, right? they can t let it go. i have a friend who is one of the very top dogs at aig and he has explained to me over and over again why you can t let aig fail and i m convinced he is right. this company was raped and looted by goldman sacks in my humble opinion in terms of the credit evolve swaps. the deal was so bad it has been written up in great detail in the new york times. it was so bad for the taxpayers, almost unbelievable they got to have their cake and eat it, too, over and over again. i think this needs to be investigated with great thoroughness by maxine waters a wonderful congress woman from los angeles who is on the track here. find out what goldman s ca ach.