john ray, itn, cairo. >> one story we'll be watching closely. >>> and now, here's another.n russia today, officials at the highest levels are promising retribution and doing damage control after yesterday's deadly suicide bombing at moscow's busiest airport. our own stephanie gosk is in moscow for us tonight. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good eveing, brian. russian president dmitri medvedev has postponed his trip, and has instead decided to stay here to convince russians that the government is capable of protecting them. a day after the attack flowers replaced bodies and blood on the floor of moscow's airport. investigators try to piece together exactly what happened. so far no one has claimed responsibility. but what they do know, says president medvedev, is that the security system failed. >> people working for the airport, as well as the airport's top management should be held to account. >> reporter: on his orders, security has been increased at airports around the country. striking a balance between what is necessary and what is practical is difficult. especia

the real hot spot tonight is again in egypt where we're joined once again tonight in cairo by itn's john ray. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well, for a second day people took to the streets there angrily protesting against unemployment and high prices and demanding that president hosni mubarak go, and for a second day government forces cracked down hard. thousands defied a ban on demonstrations. and the ferocious assault that came next, riot police chased down a crowd, beating those who could not get away. as police advanced, reinforcements swiftly followed. >> they have promised to crack down today and now it's happening. they just charged into the crowd. we can hear tear gas canisters. >> reporter: this was just one of many clashes, running battles across the center of the capital. an uprising inspired by tunisia. crowds are back on the streets there today as their new government issued an arrest warrant for the ousted president and some members of his family. last night the president of the united states himself took notice. >> let us be clear, the united state

what they did today without the help of social media, it is pretty impressive. >> warner: john ray of itn news, thank you so much. >> lehrer: we have more on egypt coming up, with a look at the government and the demonstrators; then, the secrets and sources behind the wikileaks story; and shields and brooks. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the growing tumult in egypt shook financial markets today. the sell-off also fed on news that the u.s. economy grew at a 3.2% rate at the end of 2010. that was the most in nearly a year, but less than expected. the dow jones industrial average lost 166 points to close at 11,823. the nasdaq fell 68 points to close below 2,687. for the week, the dow and the nasdaq lost a fraction of a percent. there was also new trouble in tunisia today. police clashed with protesters near the prime minister's office in tunis. the security forces stormed the protesters' camp and fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of people. the demonstrators had been holding a sit-in there for five days. meanwhile, the new government bowed t

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today john ray of our itn partner is in the capital tunis. >> reporter: if anyone is in control of tunisia tonight and it's a big if, it's the army. military helicopters are buzzing overhead. they're protecting government buildings and blocking off the main thoroughfares. but still these are dangerous and tense moments. after the chaos, the fragile calm in the capital imposed by the military, but the dangers remain great with reports of squads of men firing at random from passing cars. they are believed to be supporters of the president who has fled the country. there has been widespread looting and some shop keepers have armed themselves with knives to protect their property. state television showed pictures of men arrested for raiding stores. they were forced to kneel in the streets and the weapons some were allegedly carrying were displayed for the camera. overnight police and troops were still rounding up people on the streets. one man was dragged away. it's not clear whether these were protesters or looters. amid all the tension, a jail in the holiday resort was set afire and dozens o

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and induce each of them to transfer the technologies that state-owned enterprises need to catch up.s itne is extortion. and we all know numerous examples.rti we've heard witnesses, i think, two years ago we heard frome nancy wine stein. nancy lifestyles opened a business in beijing only to hav it stolen out there under her. she was in shanghai. that was a shanghai example.n but, you know, since that hearing i probably heard from a half dozen businesses that said we don't want to go public, but thissi is their mow discuss op remember die. now it appears, you know, in the harvard business review laying out the case that this is the modus operandi for the chinesedo government. could i have your thoughts on that? >> it is the modus operandi.op now, i have to say that american companies that are induced to do that do that of their own volition because they hope that based on the ability to enter the marketplace, they're going too earn a lot of money.etpl >> sure.u >> some do, some don't. >> but, larry, the next chapter is once the technology ishe t stolen, that company had better be prepared f

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