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The one that is getting all the attention is a change in the military strategy to be able to fight two consecutive wars at the same time. two major ground wars. but in fact, the reality has been that the u.s. hasn't been fighting two major ground wars at the same time in some time. even though waging wars in iraq and afghanistan. many military officials will tell you that the u.s. was actually fighting aggressively a war in iraq and just marking time in afghanistan. to the point where the taliban, while during the iraq war, was able to resurge and reclaim a lot of the territory they had lost i...

Morrison of qaddafi, could be captured and the qaddafi era is ending in libya and we're here next to a drainage pipe talking to you, stranger live shots, i've done a few. >> and greg pat kohl next to the sewer where moammar qaddafi was caught and killed. and many thought it was appropriate that he was found in the sewer. and his son, before he was captured vowed to avenge his father's death. >> dave: what a story that continues to develop. meanwhile, colonel qaddafi, bill gates warned warren buffett and telecom giant, slim, what do they have in common, they were in qaddafi's case among the ric...

Get the taxes for it. >> everybody comes out ahead. >> that's nonsense. >> consumers gets lower prices, the government gets more taxes, and the companies make more oil. >> john, they've made $74 billion in profits last year. gist this conveyor they made over $30 billion in profits. it's not like they aren't making profits. their costs are incredibly low. so they have all the incentive in the world in the free market to drill, baby, drill, and they can drill all over the place. why should we not tax them at a reasonable rate where they don't -- right now they're playing less than the average mi...

Beautiful event, but she's not spending all of her savings on it. >> i love this dress. i'm going to show my mom the dress. so i'm going to get her on the phone and get her down here. >> reporter: we wanted to find out if women could tell the difference between a bulk store bride and a boutique bride. which do you think is from costco, and which one is from a high-end bridal boutique? >> this one. >> reporter: where? >> this one from a bridal boutique. >> reporter: wrong. it's a costco dress. >> this is costco. >> reporter: you're right. but you think it looks high end, right? costco high end?...

Welcome back live from cnn london, this is "world business today." "forbes" magazine has just come out with its list of the richest people on the planet. 214 new billionaires this year. and a record total of 1,210 billionaires worldwide. they have a total net worth of $4.5 trillion. and that's another record. the united states still has got the most with 413 billionaires. asia has 332. and for the first time in more than a decade, it has more than europe, where there are a mere 300. now moscow is home to 79 billionaires. and that is more than any other city. well, topping the list for the seco...