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Then there were no robberies or chaos, he says. the revolution has caused a lot of trouble with theft. sayed hadnt heard about the tunisian fruit seller who set himself on fire in protest. the incident that ignited a wave of protests across the middle east. but he listens intently when i tell him the story. we have a man who sells fish right behind us, he says. he killed himself 20 days ago because he couldnt afford lifes daily expenses. it happens. so this is the shop? we all followed to the fi...

treed. jacob zuma will try to convince moammar gadhafi of peace talks. his rival and another fifa executive have been temporarily -- a coalition commander has offered his sincerest apologies for an air strike on saturday that he says killed nine people in afghanistan. and earlier toll according to afghan and nato forces was 14. hamid karzai condemned the strike. those are the headlines. "world business today" starts right now. good morning from cnn london. >> good afternoon fro...

She set a precedent and followed by john mccain when he nominated sarah palin. the mondale campaign against ronald reagan had not ignited the states. mondale won along side garry hart and he needed a spark to give hem a chance to win. he didnt have much of a chance because the country was in the midst of a booming economic recovery and people liked reagan and it was a longg shot anyway and the selection of ferraro represented him throwing a long ball to make something happen. susan is right. it ...

They had been shut down prior to the earthquake and the tsunami, but in being shut down, they removed the fuel rods from those reactors and put them in this temporary storage area. so these are relatively hot waste rods that are generating a lot of radiation. and they need to be cooled. whats happened apparently is either a failure in the water pumps or some other problem such that the water level may be declining, or the water may be boiling off, which would put them at risk for disaster. and i...

Public employees. that ignited a wave of protests. on february 17th, 14 democratic senators left the state for illinois to keep the bill from moving forward. well, last friday, march 4th, the governor issued layoff warning notices to labor unions. so, where do things stand today? our cnns ed lavandera is in madison. ed, catch us -- take us up to speed here. any chance that first of all the democrats will come back to wisconsin to help resolve this issue? >> well, weve had a chance to speak with ...

Government. also just n. new reports out of libya that qaddafis militia is firing on his own people, and the first major protest in the capitol in days. witnesses say at least four civilians are dead, but the rising opposition is not backing down, calling for this friday to be a friday of liberation. gregg: steve yates is a former national deputy adviser to vice president dick cheney, also president of dc international advisory, he joins us live. mr. yates, always good to see you. >> thank you...

Saying, this place is going to be drenched in blood. >> a civil war he proclaims if you do not bacchus. they would have told you this was a democratic country. gadhafi would say, im not the head of this country the way mubarak is, we have ministers, we have other people, its a democracy, obviously his people have felt oppressed for years. if the country really did have the sort of freedom that he wanted to -- this would have been a great tourist attraction. it sounds strange to say, they have be...

Gadhafi that has kept him from progressing all of these years. >> you spent so much time and interviewed so many of the leaders in the middle east over the years, did you ever expect you would see a tidal wave of protests and uprising in so many countries at once? i mean, all ignited really from tunisia, from this fruit seller in tunisia who lit himself on fire. >> did i think it was going to spread like this? one can only say why hasnt it spread in iran. back in 1979 is when we got rid of the s...

Welcome back. were follow breaking news out of mont belvieu, texas. this is about 35 miles outside of houston, texas, where we just spoke with the mayor of this small town, and there are three unaccounted workers from this plant. with me now is jeremy kurry who works at a nearby plant. i understand you heard the initial explosion? >> yes, maam. >> what did you hear? >> we were inside a trailer eating our lunch and we heard a thunder and our boss came in. he was panicking, telling everyone to get...

People using everything they have to protect themselves, and some we see using it to promote violence, to cause trouble and chaos on the streets there, but we are now looking at live pictures. you can see there in tahrir square people chanting, people on both sides of this volatile issue. the pro-mubarak side, some of them at least, turning to violence, using what anderson cooper has desibed as sticks, machetes, knives, all kinds of things to release their anner and cause trouble. there are also...