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investigation. he was among nine people killed in a mortar attack in a southern city. the reporter was covering a pro-government rally when it came under fire. that was gilles jacquier. nigeriians have been on a strike the past few days protesting a doubling in the fuel. a fuel subsidy was removed. those are the headlines. "world business today" starts now. hello, and a warm welcome to "world business today." i'm nina dos santos at cnn london. >> aim andrew stevens in hong kong. here are the top stories this thursday, january 12th. japan stands side by side with the u.s. with a p...

a sudden turn around from months of grim unemployment news, the jobless rate in november dropped to its lowest level in almost three years. 8.6%. u.s. businesses added 140,000 jobs. government jobs were lost. it's a net gain bigger than a lot of experts were predicting and welcome news for a president trying to get re-elected. >> is doing everything i can every single day to get this economy growing faster and create more jobs. this morning, we learned that our economy added another 140,000 private sector jobs in november. the unemployment rate went down. and despite some strong head...

candidate for the republican nomination for the president, has been kind enough to join us in our studios in washington, d.c., and he's joining us live this morning after what was surely a very stressful and busy day yesterday. i do hope you got some sleep, and thank you for being with us. our viewers do thank you, too. >> thank you, robin, and it was a busy day but i survived. >> this is why it was a busy day, and we're going to talk about many issues, but let's start with what's at the top of the news. many people are asking, did you say something early yesterday about sexual alleg...

How about we make him pay 9%? >> warren wouldn't be hit by the vat tax. a lot of working class people would. let's talk about afghanistan. we have news on afghanistan as well, mika. this is something surprisingly enough that i think republicans should seize on. there's a report out, of course, that in afghanistan we have been exaggerating our gains against the taliban. the fact of the matter is it's a much bigger mess than we expected. >> that's part of it. there's also news on the surge drawdown. nbc news has learned that defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs chairman marty dempsy p...

Seven people have been killed and thousands lost power during violent storms last night. a tornado ripped through an air force base in little rock, four homes were reportedly damaged and officials are checking the fleet of planes right now. jacqui jeras in the extreme weather center for us now. jacqui, this seems it to have been an endless two-week period of extreme -- of tornadoes, of flooding, more to come? >> yeah. unfortunately, there is more to come. our weather pattern has been stuck and that keeps us with the active weather, so more tornadoes are possible today. that's not going to fi...