this is eunice he's thirty two years old a former football player for lucia now one employed. i first met him while doing a news report four years ago it was he who called my attention to the seriously deformed babies he came to baghdad to fetch me because it's not possible for me to get the flu shot without his help. this road is closely monitored in traveling the fifty kilometers that separate baghdad from fallujah we go through more than twenty checkpoints this city is located in the middle of the sunni triangle also called the triangle of death by the americans some fifteen hundred u.s. soldiers have been killed in this region one third of the american casualties in iraq. saluja was the first city to fight back against american occupation. they found fame by throwing them out of town and a fleeting great loss of life. so much so that the people wondered how a small city like saluja could resist against the world's most powerful army yes i mean. in march two thousand and four for mercenaries under contract to the us army were killed in their vehicle on the outskirts of town

>> eunice yoon in beijing. thanks very much for that. we'll have the official statement expected at least from the u.s. on taking china to the wto later this day. charl? >> still ahead on "world business today," boeing's billions. the united states is reprimand by the world trade organization over illegal grants to the aviation giant. and an unlikely marriage made in money. china's top online video provider snaps up its main rival to save costs. we'll be telling you what investors make of the move. [ female announcer ] want to spend less and retire with more? then don't get nickle and dimed by high cost investments and annoying account fees. at e-trade, our free easy-to-use online tools and experienced retirement specialists can help you build a personalized plan. and with our no annual fee iras and a wide range of low cost investments, you can execute the plan you want at a low cost. so meet with us, or go to etrade.com for a great retirement plan with low cost investments. ♪ sksksk me.reat retirement plan with low cost investments. [ m

eunice yoon, cnn, beijing. >>> well, china certainly not alone in having to stump up more at the pump. the united states is now into its tenth straight day of rising gasoline prices. the american automobile association has been saying that the national average is now more than $3.84 a barrel. sorry. yeah, a gallon. $3.84 a gallon. i think that should be and nudging closer to that politically potent $4. mark it's already well above that in terms of the most expensive state, hi high consider consumers can expect to pay $4.48 but the people of oslo where the price is more than twice that, 9.$9.28 as of ten ds ago. the price of oil, with the exception of today is only gone one direction. that has been up from that level. >> absolutely. and it's becoming ever for for the election race, the price certainly always has it rises. quick look at how the markets closed monday. that's after apple's board decided they would get a payback in the form of di tend and stock buyback as well spending $45 billion of its $100 billion war chest. the s&p broader measure closing 0.4% to the good. now, tuesday

that's just great eunice. hurry up. the owner says. he's going around. where are we mr who. we are now at a former soviet army installation. there were supposed to be underground nuclear silos here with hidden missiles. you can see the underground shelter or bunker. above the portal there are probably tracks here for bringing out missiles rockets reached its first. here's another vent from underground that i don't think appears another i mean i don't listen come on it's closed so no one knows where it goes underground i mean is this theme of the political or than. it was all guarded by guards were at every corner. i. just asked. it's. just. russia. dear friends thank you for the opportunity to speak i'm not a politician i'm sixty six retired and an unpaid mayor. koch event says resistance to the american base was published in one thousand to world papers including the new york times though it was mostly can be heard very far away with only mr top ally nick the czech prime minister and our government won't listen to their living and i am so pleased as the founder of the mayor

eunice yun, cnn beijing. >> just ahead on "world business today," greece's private debt deal finallyeadline, but will enough people sign up for this swap? we'll examine the odds and the implications in just a moment's time. >>> from cnn hong kong, i'm andrew stevens. >>> and i'm nina dos santos at cnn london. welcome back to "world business today." let's return to big business headlines this thursday. stock markets worldwide are currently trading higher largely on the back of hopes that greece will finally complete a debt swap deal with its private creditors. the deadline is just a few hours away from now and most major bond holders look set to fall into line eventually. jim boulden tells us what's at stake. >> when it comes to greece and the euro crisis there is always a deadline. banks and hedge funds have until thursday, 8:00 p.m. london time to decide whether to take a big loss on the greek debt they hold and swap it for new debt. those banks and hedge funds are deciding if they should voluntarily take a 53% nominal loss on their holdings. in reality, many are losing more than 75

to mark just for eunice this is men will see them through to the last. things is to go through the final p.g.a. event before next week's not is underway after the first round of the houston open there's a high up that's all and i'm carl pettersson sharing the lead on seven on the par kerry didn't enter the tournament in great form having missed the cut in four of his five previous sidings but this twenty two foot putt for birdie on the. ensured he joined peterson on the leaderboard summits on thursday. the argentine karting a bogey free round of sixty five was his lowest score of the season to date. earlier in the day set the pace with eight birdies including this on the eleventh to put him into the right lead. you all of americans which include jeff migrants and jim herman they all lie a shot further back. an artistic jim this stuff will get the chance to out another a limp dick medal to a family's collection of the twenty twelve london games twenty ten all around and team world champion is russia's new not for gold and could yet do better than her dad'

a different eunice yoon revolution has failed to achieve its goals we wanted it to be beneficial to the people we wanted jobs there were half a million people employed we wanted the revolution to produce freedom and dignity but now we're back to square one many people are homeless but those who have a home and live in poverty. as referee presents the new generation of that emerge during the twelve arab spring he and the young people like him see protest and defending the gains of the revolution as they made the commitment. so his is the focal point of the revolution in egypt even a year after the resignation of hosni mubarak it is still the center of public attention. would you ask for more subtle stuff now what. if the basement. catching. up with the way he did. but. many of those who were involved in the events of february two thousand and eleven left little of that are not isolated that. they live in tents not put up a makeshift gallows here the protesters have promised during the former president and muscle control with the country's current ruler. each day the never ending noise of

well the old short arm sales curve moscow's basketball has been crowned kings of europe once again eunice all the details on that so that effectively tells you what's coming up in the next half hour fun packed as ever here on our team from moscow my name's kevin allen thanks for being with us. with the end of the board war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons facility at. the risk is not zero that something might be going off by mistake special of nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert. but the significance to use it as a threat all. you know if you keep spending a trillion dollars a year on weapons of venture you're going to blow everybody up you you know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't wake up to move through weapons a bill. that represents all of the firepower of the second world war this second sound is the equivalent of fire power the world's nuclear arsenal today. just skipped. the influence of the. science technology innovation called the list of melamine some around russia we've dumped a huge e

. >> these are very important developments, important report, eunice, thanks for bringingthat. >>> apple commissioned the fla audit voluntarily, let's remind you it started as of last month and coincided with the release of these findings, apple's ceo, tim cook, has gone to china. on wednesday he paid a visit to foxconn and workers, and chatted with some workers on the floor. in their findings they say we appreciate the work that fla has done to assess the conditions at foxconn and support their recommendations. we they that empowering workers and helping them to understand their rights is essential. we share the fla's goal of improving lives and also raising the bar for manufacturing companies everywhere. >>> nithe iphone makes up a hug portion of apple's profits. let's take a closer look at all of this. about 90% of the iphone is actually manufactured outside the united states. its hundreds of parts come from really all over the world from places as far as japan, south korea, taiwan, germany and also italy. much of the workers outsource to other companies like samsung, lg, micron and t

eunice yoon, china. >>> that may be an upbeat investment on the way things are going in china, includingh russia. i think it's the main reason why these markets in europe are down. there's been a lot of concerns about china's, let's say, economic robust economic performance. perhaps starting to wayne a little bit. that has some companies to -- that is one of the reasons why these markets are down despite the fact that what we have had over the course of the day is the ecb president, mario draghi, saying perhaps the worst is over for the eurozone which has endured a crisis the past two or three years. the investors not buying that at the moment. even banks are down in today's session. >>> nina, here in asia, you mentioned the chinese numbers. they're pulling the marks back a little bit. there is a slowdown going on in china, the shanghai down just a fraction. that's after the latest manufacturing numbers came out. it shows that manufacturing expectations are continuing to show a contraction below that 50 level. above 50 is an expansion. under 50 around about 48 from memory. but as you say

eunice yoon. >>> a nigerian start up is trying to get africans to buy their tablet computer.designed to cater to the specific needs of the african market. >> reporter: i'm at the silver bird media score, the first accredited store to africa's own version of the ipad. i'm here to meet the brains. we're talking at an interesting time where demand for the new ipad is set to be off the charts but africa has never been a big market for apple, is that the gap you're trying to fill? >> that is exactly the gap we're trying to fill. the apple company in the u.s. have no presence here, in nigeria, probably because they have a huge market in america and china. here we also would like to have access to search products, however price and after support is an issue for most consumers here. >> the ipad, the latest ipad is retailing around $500. this is half the price, right? >>> yes. >> if i buy one of these, what do i get? >> what you get is the latest android 3.0. >> you use google android. >> e-mail, standard applications, browsers, standard application. >> do you have a camera? >> front