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Correspondent ben wedeman live in tokyo at this hour. ben, thank you for the report. >> southern mexico felt the effects of a 6.1 magnitude quake saturday morning, less than one week after a more powerful quake struck just south of mexico city. >> the confirmed death toll from last week's disaster has now risen to 307. and the hope that more survivors will be found under the rubble is beginning to dwindle. ivan watson has the very latest for us. >> reporter: sirens rang out across the mexican capital when a 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook central mexico. so far we have not gotten reports from t...

Korea. the united states wants to punish any individual country or company that does business in north korea. of course, 90% of north korea's foreign trade is with china. so, china would bear the brunt of the sanctions. now, the chinese have indicated a willingness to cut down oil exports to north korea, but north korea as we've seen over the years has been able to sustain its existence, somewhat precariously, under a regime of sanctions that's been in form -- in effect in one form or another since the end of the korean war in 1953. natalie? >> they certainly show staying power. ben wideman, t...

Dead in that disaster. the 27-year-old tunisian denies being at the helm. he appeared in a sicilian courtroom. and rescue crews, and international correspondent ben wideman went on a trip with the police. >> reporter: the salvatore police calls out on the radio, giving the coordinates. it's about 15 meters long with 150 people on board. he is part of the crew of an italian finance police surveillance plane in the mediterranean. >> this group of migrants is

Italian island every day. the island is italy's southern-most area, close to the african coast. >> in this situation, we have been lucky, because luckily -- the coast guard was in the area. it was approximately ten miles distance from the target we intercepted. >> target is how they describe whatever they're looking for. his plane has no weaponry. during the flight, they also came across a half submerged fishing boat and a partially deflated boat, but no people. one group of migrants was lucky today, perhaps others were not. ben wideman, cnn, over the mediterranean. well, the vast majority o...

Tomorrow. the judges on italy's supreme court heard arguments in the case today. as you know, knox and her former boyfriend were convicted for the 2007 murder of meredith kercher, her college roommate in italy. they spent four years in prison until an italian appeals court overturned their convictions in 2011. amanda knox, who always maintained her innocence, then returned home to the united states. despite the appellate court's ruling, prosecutors do want to try them again. earlier tonight, i spoke with cnn's ben wideman who was at the court in rome for today's hearing and the correspondent f...