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zimmerman and his wife allegedly -- where they were talking in code about money, talking in hundreds when in fact they had -- were actually talking about tens of thousands of dollars. quote, in my quote do i have at least $100 george asked? no, its more like $155. what they were talking about is $100,000 and $155,000. theres also the question of zimmermans passport. he handed an expiring one over to the court. and kept a second, more recent one. none of it sat well with judge lester. h...

here she is testifying by phone, first being sworn in and then not telling the truth. >> do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth so help you god? >> yes, i do. >> do you have any financial means where you can assist in those costs? >> not that im aware of. >> well, because the judge believed the zimmermans to be strapped for cash, he was granted a low bail, $150,000 of which he only had to pay $15,000 out of pocket. what mrs. zimmerman did not say is that...

coordination committees in syria earlier today decried the worlds apparent violence going on there and that the u.n. security council should take responsibility for not being able to protect innocent civilians there. we also spoke to an opposition activist in the city and he said its unbelievable that we have 7 billion people on this planet and they all cant do anything about what theyre seeing on tv. he then begged the world, please do something for the syrian people. >> a tragic and ...

turkish journalists are celebrating right now. they went missing in syria nearly two months ago. they werent heard of at all until about a week ago and many feared they were dead. well, it turned out they had been held at a sear yaus prison and a turkish islamic charity has helped negotiate their release. they were flown there earlier today. it appears as part of a prisoner swap. syrian rebels released to turkey two captive iranians and theyre on their way home and now these two turks ...

from turkey. >> reporter: fredricka, the syrian government held state funerals for some of the more than 50 victims from a massive bombing that took place thursday at the capital of damascus outside the headquarters of one of syrias intelligence and security department. now, a shadowy group that identifies itself claims responsibility for the blast in a web posting. they previously claimed responsibility for other large explosions in syria. meanwhile the syrian government has claimed t...

alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. an unexpected clean state clean sweep for rick santorum and once again all bet are off for the republican race for the presidential nomination. the military is sold on the syrian city has continued for a fifth day. opposition groups say since friday, hundreds of people have been killed by troops loyal to president assad. homs, the third biggest city, appears to have been laid waste. residen...

islands, which argentina calls maldivas. and the results are in, and theres. an unexpected clean sweep for rick santorum. santorum is celebrating after winning three state contests on tuesday. the former pennsylvania senator won the colorado and minnesota caucuses and the nonbinding missouri primary. those are the headlines. im monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. good morning from cnn london, im nina del santos. >> and from cnn hong kong, this is "world business...

argentinas president accuses britain and wants u.n. intervention to prevent a war. >> claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. an unexpected clean state clean sweep for rick santorum and once again all bet are off for the republican race for the presidential nomination. the military is sold on the syrian city has continued for a fifth day. opposition groups say since friday, hundreds of people have bee...

united nations over britains plans to send a warship and a submarine to the falkland islands, which argentina calls maldivas. and the results are in, and theres. an unexpected clean sweep for rick santorum. santorum is celebrating after winning three state contests on tuesday. the former pennsylvania senator won the colorado and minnesota caucuses and the nonbinding missouri primary. those are the headlines. im monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. good morning fr...

Jonathan mann. >> reporter: the united states is one of the worlds oldest democracy and the first two nominating contests are in iowa and new hampshire and theres a problem with giving those two states so much power. they are tiny. and iowa ask the 30th biggest state in new hampshire, the 40th. they make up less than 1.5% of the u.s. population and yet they could decide the nominee for president. the other criticism is the states racial makeup. 94% of iowa residents are white. new hampshire is e...