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syrian activists say more than 9 # people have been killed in protests over the past two days. cnn cannot confirm these reports. hamid karzai has summoned 2,000 leaders and elders to kabul for a meeting. the grand council session will discuss the country's future peace plans and its relations with the united states. mr. karzai will also announce the next areas where afghan troops will take control from nato forces. italy could begin to see its new government take shape in just a few hours when the prime minister-designate mario monti is expected to lay out his cabinet choices. hi...

a complex near harasta. explosions could be heard. syrian activists say more than 9 # people have been killed in protests over the past two days. cnn cannot confirm these reports. hamid karzai has summoned 2,000 leaders and elders to kabul for a meeting. the grand council session will discuss the country's future peace plans and its relations with the united states. mr. karzai will also announce the next areas where afghan troops will take control from nato forces. italy could begin to see its new government take shape in just a few hours when the prime minister-designate mario m...

fortified entrance into dale farm is still currently at an impasse. we understand it's because some residents have chained themselves on the inside of that gate. last time when there was threat of an eviction, there had been concern that some of the residents had chained themselves by the neck to the gate, which is one of the reaps that police are trying to move very slowly here, monita. council said they wanted this eviction to be as safe and dignified as possible. we're past the point of dignified where already we've been seeing these altercations, but safe is still something they'...

from typhoon nessa that displaced thousands. palestinians say israel's latest move is proof that it doesn't want peace. israel's approved plans to build 1100 homes in east jerusalem. hillary clinton called the move counterproductive. and a spokesman for the u.n. special coordinator for the peace process says it was contrary to international law, joining a wave of condemnation from around the world. in italy, amanda knox's defense team will resume closing statements thursday. and lawyers have to answer prosecution charges that the american was a demonic she-devil responsible for t...

debate today. on the sidelines of that, the u.s. president meets separately with the palestinian authority president and israel's prime minister. barack obama hopes to avert a diplomatic showdown as mahmoud abbas presses for u.n. membership and recognition of a palestinian state which netanyahu opposes. libya's new plflag drew a standing ovation. the general assembly overwhelmingly accepted to vote for the credentials of the country's new leadership which promises to form a new government in ten days. those are the headlines. i'm zain verjee, and "world business today" starts now. ...