robyn kurrow, joning us live from capetown in south africa. thank you. nina? >>> more public spending cuts, workers have been taking to the streets to protest against them. a live report from athens when we come back. >>> let's take a quick look at the markets. the euro and british pound are strengthening against the u.s. dollar. the euro is trading at 1.3145 against the green back. 1.5820 is where the pound is and this is the first weakening of the yen we've seen in four days time at 76.67. welcome back. you're watching "world business today," live on cnn. >>> now, if there's one thing that all players in the greek debt debacle have in common it's a sense of frustration. another general strike is under way this tuesday as the greek public vents its anger over seemingly endless layoffs, spending cuts and tax increases. on the other side of the argument, european leaders with the power to offer fiscal help say the austerity measures currently in place aren't nearly strict enough. in the middle of the melee, politicians in athens continue to walk a tight rope be

university of capetown psychologist and surfer treats people with shark phobia or tries to. >> thereo many ways you can get killed. so many horrible ways you can get killed. you can get murdered, mugged, die in a war. why is it that getting eaten, bitten by a shark carries a terror with it that other ones don't. >> nothing comes close to it. you mentioned being eaten. you can die in other ways. being eaten that means i might be live and feel what is going to happen to me. >> but in fact sharks have more to fear from us humans and our industrial fishing fleet that bring in 100 million sharks a year. in some regions, shark populations are down 90%. and some species are approaching extinction. why is this happening? the answer boils down literally to soup, shrk fin soup. in china, it's been an expensive status symbol for millennium. chefs were at one time beheaded if they cooked it incorrectly. people will pay $100 for a bowl. feeding sharks is a billion dollar business and it is not a pretty shark. as soon as a shark is caught his fins are caught cut off and he is thrown overboard, ali

he's been there in capetown. there's been conflicting information coming out of south africa this morning. earlier we heard that the former leader had surgery. moments ago we heard that it was not surgery, this was in fact a planned visit. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, i've spoken to high-level government officials, people extremely close to the family as well. everybody is saying the same thing. he's been monitored over the last couple of months. his military doctors have been watching him every day since the last time we reported on this last year. they've decided that he needs to be moved into the hospital as a precautionary measure but no invasive treatment. he's basically been put in a hospital as a precautionary measure. they expect him to stay overnight. they are monitoring that particular condition of his. and he might be released today. >> are you hearing that he is in good spirits as well? >> reporter: that is correct. i've heard that he has indeed, he's awake. he's been chatting to people. h

in 2006 a lesbian woman was brutally murdered in capetown after leaving a bar., teens at the time, were arrested for the crime. four will now be in jail for 14 years. and the court ruled it was murder motivated by hate. the prosecution blames the defense for the delay. activists say more work needs to be done to rid that country of a homophobic hatred. >>> construction workers home after kidnapped in sudan. the red cross flew them to nairobi and they were handed over to embassy officials. they were kidnapped last month. one died in the raid, 18 others escaped. >>> a subway train being tested for repairs crashed into a building in the chilean capital. no injuries except for the train driver who had minor bruises. >>> the duchess of cambridge solo at her first event wednesday. she was at the national portrait gallery. kate middleton was introduced as the patron of the gallery. this is while prince william is on a six-week deployment to the falkland islands. >>> we could thank mother nature for the warmer temperatures. >> how much you could be paying for that gas a

she goes to durbin, capetown. she is with mike deeber. that photograph taken in 2001.p. he referred to her as his daughter. >> wow. >> i spoke to the grandchildren this morning and they said, mandela's grandson, he said he just wants us to know how sad the family is. they're absolutely bereaved because whitney was an extension of this family and they just -- their heart goss out to bobbi kristina. >> so many people have so many memories of when they first saw whitney houston, whether it was on "17 magazine" or on merv griffin when that was kind of her debut of i'm a singer, and then hit after hit after hit people forget it resonated around the world. >> in south africa she gave all the money from those concerts to south african charities. she is so fondly remembered there. even in dubai, this is amazing, at a lake in dubai, they have these fountains to the sound of whitney houston. and as far afield as china, in china the daily speaks about the u.s. singer dying and the bbc telegraph, terrible trajectory of fame. brilliant and tragic and the australian majestic diva, r

he takes refuge in the american consulate in capetown, south africa. the c.i.a. then takes him and brings him into this safe house, which is where they do their interrogation of the bad guys. ryan reynolds plays this low-ranking c.i.a. agent who is sitting there in the safe house. suddenly they bring in this rogue criminal guy. the most wanted c.i.a. spy. now they get ambushed and reynolds and dezel are on the run together. except for now, he is trying to get into his head and saying why was the safe house ambushed? who knows? there is a great line in the trailer where reynolds says "you're not going to get in my head" and he says "i'm already in your head" and i wanted more of that intrigue. instead we get lots of car crashes, things that go boom, gunshots that literally made me jump in my seat. i wanted more of that interplay between the two actors. >> kind of "training day-ish"? >> yes. i think you hit the nail on the head. it takes itself too seriously. it is grainy film stock. and the whole -- >> stars? >> two stars. i would say wait until dvd. >> "the vow."

now, reynolds plays matt westin, a low-level cia housekeeper in capetown, south africa in charge of an the chamber? it's okay. i remember my first posting, rio de janeiro. house like this. not one single visitor. but i remember rule number one. you are responsible for your house guest. i'm your house guest. >> now, most critics actually really liked the chemistry between denzel and reynolds, but they said that sometimes the plot left a lot to be desired. now, 51% approval rating from rotten tomatoes. so it's kind of right on the edge there. but sometimes they said there's some breathless excitement. >> previews look really good. kind of reminds me of denzel's character from "training day" a >>> this mornior >>> this morning on "world news now" -- back to school. sad, frightened, and angry parents bring their children back to miramonte elementary school in los angeles for the first time since the entire staff was moved out. >> on top of that detectives are uncovering even more disturbing details about a widespread molestation case. it is friday february 10th. >>> good morning, everyone