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get aid in and dead and wounded out. friends of syria group includes u.s., arab and european nations. preparing to give legitimacy to the opposition. arab nations have started supplying arms to syrian rebels. protesters on the street in afghanistan voicing outrage over the kwurning of qurans by troops. eight people have been killed in today's demonstrations. nato says burning the cqurans w mistake. gas prices shot up 12 cents this week alone nationwide the average bright, 3.64. in some price in the country more than $4 a gallon. election hot button issue. >> anybody who tells you...

roulette. straight to washington we go to lizzie o'leary. we're talking gas prices. they jumped 3 cents a gallon from yesterday to a national average of 6 cents a gallon. why have they gone up? >> i wish i could give you the political sound bite the politicians want, but it's just not that simple. the world is big. there are three things driving this, and that is essentially the price of oil that's influenced by iran and the middle east, supply and demand, you have a lot of people, certainly in india and china, who are getting richer than they've ever been before using more, and th...

he called it an inadvertent error. that has not quieted the protests in afghanistan. the taliban's calling on muslims to seek revenge. who's going to be the prime minister of australia come monday. the stage is set for a showdown. the governing labor party will vote on monday. rudd says ms. gill lard can't win the next election. we'll have more on that story in just a moment. i'm zain verjee. "world business today." good morning. from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. this is "world business today." these are the top stories on friday, february the 24th. greece's debt burden has b...

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." what's the latest on the fight between the front-runners. >> reporter: wolf, it's pretty clear last night's debate touched off a very personal tone in the race for the gop nomination. that's because there's a lot riding on the next several days. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. >> reporter: the morning after the debate, mitt romney had a smile on his face, swinging away at rick santorum. >> i don't know that i've ever seen a politics explain why he voted against his -- >> you're entitled to your opini...

the right. a new television ad that labels him as a fake. why? >> because he's a fake. >> while i was fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> we're going to stay with cnn, full highlights from last night's republican debates live from phoenix in just a moment. and gas prices have jumped again. up 3% -- three cents, rather, overnight, according to aaa. average is $3.61. it is still going up. economists say the gas could jump to 4 or even $5 a gallon by the summer. you're going to hear from president obama on gas prices and energy policy. tha...