the rest were blasts in baghdad, kirkuk, and latafiya.e has claimed responsibility. >>> the lawyer for a u.s. soldier accused of a shooting ram paige in afghanistan says robert bales doesn't remember what happened the night of the massacre. he is killed of killing 16 afghan civilians, including 9 nine. is he currently in solitary confinement. he joined the army shortly after 9/11. bales was a stock broker before that, and he served three tours in iraq where he was injured twice. friend and neighbors say reports of what happened in afghanistan don't sound anything like the man they know. >> he was one of my best guys. er in had any issues with him. you could give him any job, didn't matter what it was, he got it done. >> this is not our bobby. i swear of it. this is a major mistake. you got the wrong name. >> bales could be charged by the end of the week. his lawyer will likely use post tra mat umatic stress disorder defense. bales' wife released a statement "our family has little information beyond what we read and see in the media what i

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in kirkuk, there was a car bomb near the police headquarters. another blast happened outside of a row of shops. a car parked here, said the shopkeeper. we shouted for security because it looked suspicious but no one from the police responded. a few but his later, the car exploded. in baghdad, there was an attack near the foreign ministry close to the fortified green zone. to the south of the capital, there was another target. in all, more than a dozen towns and cities were hit. the u.n. special representative condemned the attacks. he said the atrocious crimes being committed against the people of iraq are totally and unacceptable and i urge all the rockies to remain steadfast. this is the ninth anniversary of the start of the u.s.-led invasion of iraq. although the last combat troops withdrew three months ago. it is not clear who was behind the attacks but it is widely thought it was an attempt to undermine confidence in security as the government prepares to host an arab league summit next week. the first time it has done so in more than 20 ye

there were bombings in baghdad, as well as the western city of fallujah, kirkuk in the north, and karbala in the south, among other places. in kirkuk, a car bomb exploded outside a police station, leaving more than a dozen dead, while in karbala, two car bombs killed 13 iraqis in a busy shopping and dining area. in syria, rebel forces abandoned the eastern city of deir al-zour in the face of government tanks. it was the latest in a series of setbacks for the opposition. meanwhile, government shelling continued in sections of hama and homs. activists reported at least 31 people were killed in the assault. a powerful earthquake shook central and southern mexico today, but the country escaped major damage. the quake had a magnitude of 7.4, and was centered east of acapulco. but it shook buildings well to the north in mexico city. and residents in the capital filled streets, fearing their buildings would collapse. a pedestrian bridge did fall on a minibus, but there were no injuries. france mourned today for the victims of monday's attack on a jewish school in toulouse. we have a report from

in the northern city of kirkuk, a car exploded near the entrance to police headquarters. local police say 12 officers were killed and more than 40 injured. explosions also occurred within hours of each other in baghdad and other cities. the iraqi government suspects the explosions were carried out by an extremist group ahead of next week's arab league summit in baghdad. the first to be held in the country in 22 years. the government has been strengthening security in preparation for the summit. but terrorist attacks targeting government security organizations had been on the increase since u.s. troops pulled out of the country in december. >>> the u.s. soldier accused of a shooting rampage in afghanistan has told his lawyers that he remembers little of the incident. the defense team argues that he was under severe stress after a colleague was seriously wounded one day earlier. the army staff sergeant shot and killed 16 civilians including women and children in the southern province of kandahar on the 11th of this month. the soldier's defense lawyers met him for the first

dozens were injured in baghdad and in the city of karbala one of the deadliest attacks happened in kirkuk where a car bomb exploded near a police headquarters and violence comes a day after the ninth anniversary of the u.s. invasion of iraq. the. french police say the gun used in a deadly attack on a jewish school into lose was the same that was fired in last week's killing of three soldiers of north african descent a massive manhunt now underway for the shooter he shot dead at teacher his two sons in a school girl while a teenage boy was left seriously injured all french schools will observe a minute of silence tuesday morning and guards are being posted outside religious schools and buildings. u.n. nuclear watchdog says north korea has invited to resume monitoring parts of its controversial atomic program the move comes amid escalating tension after pyongyang announced it was planning to test a rocket by launching a satellite korea agreed to suspend enriching uranium and missile tests last month in return for hooty from the u.s. . heavy rainfall in the southern peru of lead to a massive

karbala eighty kilometers south of baghdad other attacks in the capital and the northern city of kirkuk and two southern towns largely targeted police headquarters the violence comes a day after the mine kind of burst through of u.s. invasion of iraq and the head of the arab summit in the country. french police say the gun used in a deadly attack on a jewish school in toulouse was the same fired in last week's killing of three soldiers of north african descent a massive manhunt now under way for the killer he shot dead a teacher his two young sons and a school girl while a teenage boy was seriously injured while friends schools will observe a minute silence tuesday morning while guards are being posted outside religious schools and buildings. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says north korea invited it to resume monitoring parts of its controversial atomic program the move comes amid rising tensions after pyongyang announced it was planning to test a rocket by launching a satellite korea agreed to suspend enriching uranium and missile tests last month in return for food aid from the u.s. . hea

forty and injuring almost two hundred three car bombs exploded in the northern oil rich province of kirkuk killing nine further two car bombs hit the predominately shia city of karbala eighty kilometers south of baghdad killing thirteen other attacks in the capital into southern towns targeted local police headquarters the latest violence comes nine years after the u.s. led invasion of iraq began and ahead of next week's arab league summit to be held in. with more on this let's not talk to michael roddy he's from the london based group democracy village well want to see instability in iraq now. oh i think what we have to remember the back is probably still under occupation. we may have seen the withdrawal of combat troops but there are still tens of thousands of western media would refer to as private contractors but we all know police are paid mercenaries hired killers and it's in their interests and it's in the interests of the elites around the world to keep this to keep this conflict going it isn't their job to support the afghan security forces you seem probably not to be coping at th

karbala about eighty kilometers south of baghdad but other attacks in the capital the northern city of kirkuk and two southern towns largely targeted police headquarters the violence comes a day after the ninth anniversary of the u.s. invasion of iraq and just ahead of next week arab summit in the country. french schools have observed a minute's silence in memory of the victims of an attack on a jewish school in to lose on monday president sarkozy took part at a school in paris but a massive manhunt is now underway for the killer who shot dead a teacher the teacher's two young sons and a schoolgirl this boy was also seriously injured police say the gun was same used in the firing last week at the kill three soldiers of north african descent cards now being opposed to outside religious schools and buildings across the country are on high alert. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says north korea has invited it to resume monitoring parts of its controversial atomic program the move comes from it escalating tension after a long announce it was planning to test a rocket by launching. a north korea agreed

restaurant area in karbala eighty kilometers south of baghdad other attacks in baghdad and all the city of kirkuk into southern towns largely targeted police headquarters the violence comes from one of the u.s. invasion of iraq and the head of the arab summit in the country. french police say the gun used in a deadly attack on a jewish school in toulouse was the same one fired in last week's killing of three soldiers of north african descent a massive man howard hunt manhunt is now under way for the killer and shot. it teacher has two young sons and a schoolgirl while a teenage boy was left seriously injured all french schools will observe a minute silence tuesday morning the country's declared a so-called scarlet alert for the first time in its history allowing tighter security to be military patrols. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says north korea has invited it to resume monitoring power to its controversial atomic program the move comes amid rising tensions after pyongyang announced it was planning to test a rocket launching a satellite three to suspend uranium enrichment missile test last month i

we wrap up our journey to the city of kirkuk in bourg a situated in they are all mountains there is famous for its precious stones and metal industry today though we had to remold village where artist tom martin finds out about the harsh realities of life. you can turn back is one of russia's biggest cities but a few hours away it's a different world where we were going even tarmac would be a luxury that's the end of the road from here to the village it's just forest time for me to go even further off the beaten track. eventually we saw it welcome to the village of newspaper population ten people two horses two cows no running water no electricity and one rather strange name it was founded in one nine hundred twenty four by a group of collective farm workers who wanted to branch out on their own but they had a problem. to establish a new village they had to have permission so they plowed through it through the local paper when the permission was granted their name to a newspaper in things. spread lerner is one of only two people to have lived here all well life the other is galina after he

one went off in kirkuk. no one claimed responsibility but one senior official describes them as coordinated. meanwhile, today is the ninth anniversary of the american invasion of iraq in 2003. >>> thousands have gathered in paris to mourn the deaths of three young students and a teacher at a jewish school in toulouse. israeli officials say all four bodies will be flown to israel for burial. a gunman shot and killed three french soldiers of north african descent in two separate attacks and the shootings are connected, they say. >>> opposition sources are saying that 14 people have been killed this tuesday following clashes in the syrian capital on monday. rebels attacked a neighborhood home to some of the regime's inner circle after 34 were killed nationwide. those are the headlines. i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm nina dos santos from london. >> and hello from hong kong. i'm andrew stevens. welcome to "world business today." top stories, china jacks up the pr

more blasts occurred in baghdad, kirkuk, and latafiya. they appear to be targeting police forces. no one has claimed responsibility for any attacks. >>> new overnight. a violent scene in southeast on sixth street. two people stabbedstabbed, a tht nguyen a baseball bat. one in critical condition. no arrests made. >>> a mother and daughter escaped a large fire that started at 1:00 this morning. the flames were so intense, they melted vinyl siding on the home next door. it destroyed two cars in the driveway. the cause of the fire under investigation. >>> decision 2012 turns to the swing state of illinois today. analysts say mitt romney needs a decisive win today to solidify front-runner status in the republican race for president. romney surging as the race seen as a tie with rick santorum last week. 54 delegates up for grabs. and romney hopes to build support in rural areas. romney well ahead in the delegate count with 443, compared with santorum's 140 delegates. >>> mitt romney headed to our region after illinois wraps up. he'll hold a town hall in baltimore county tomorrow afterno

in iraq, a manhunt was underway for 17 detainees who escaped from a prison in kirkuk. police said ten of the prisoners have ties to al qaeda. they escaped at dawn from a small window using blankets tied together into a makeshift rope. g.o.p. presidential contenders today made their final appeals to louisiana voters, who head to the polls tomorrow for the state primary. rick santorum fired practice shots at a sheriff's shooting range. he leads mitt romney by double digits in recent polls. romney attacked president obama's health care overhaul. newt gingrich and ron paul also campaigned, hoping to keep their chances alive. the chief executive of m.f. global, former senator jon corzine, gave the order to transfer $200 million of clients' money just days before the firm collapsed. that's according to a congressional memo released today by investigators trying to track $1.6 billion of missing customer funds. it included an email sent by a firm executive stating the money transfer was "per j.c.'s instructions" to cover an overdraft. last december, corzine testified before la

it happened at a temporary prison, the city of kirkuk.that mostly held the suspects awaiting trial. we're told they removed a ventilator in one of the prison's bathrooms and then used blankets to jump from the opening. police are scouring the city to try and track them down. >>> just a few hours, we will learn the official charges for the u.s. soldier accused in the shocking murders of civilians in afghanistan. army staff sergeant robert bales expected to be hit with numerous charges, including 17 counts of murder, six counts of attempted murder, and derelicts of duty. he snuck out of his post on march 11 and went on two to villages where he shot, stabbed and burned victims as they slept. nine of those victims were children. >>> new reports, french gunman mohammed mehra was on the government's no fly list for would years before the rampage. officials pleased he went to an al-qaeda training camp. he was shot and killed during a shootout with police. he fired on them first before trying to escape through a bathroom window. before he died, h

this is the aftermath of three car bombs in the kirkuk province. so far, there has been no claim of responsibility for today's attacks. >>> pakistan is depate waiting its diplomatic relationship with the united states. the -- debating its diplomatic relationship with the united states. the u.s. angered pakistan last year after a deadly air strike on pakistani troops. some in parliament are demanding the u.s. end all drone strikes in the country. >>> right now, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is testifying at a congressional hearing about the recent massacre of afghan civilians and some other developments in that war zone. as alison burns tells us, a local member of congress will be asking questions. allison? >> reporter: dave, john garamendi is expected to use this morning's hearing to express for a quicker end of the war. this is the under-secretary for defense. the committee gave their opening statements and then we'll hear from general john allen. he's expected to give no hint of an accelerated timetable for u.s. troop withdrawal. hamid ka

look at these devastating pictures coming out of kirkuk, iraq, this morning. the numbers are very preliminary at this point. and they are bound to go higher. iraqi police and government officials appear to be the main targets of these attacks. these attacks may have been an effort to up stage the annual meeting of the arab league that is set for next week in baghdad. it will be a tumultuous backdrop for it in the face of all this so far no one has claimed responsibility for these bombings. another fox news alert for you. a tornado warning is issued in the houston metro area at this hour. that means there are reports of a tornado that has touched down the area already reeling from heavy, heavy storms that spawned at least one twister 25 miles southwest of san antonio is where that can be found. fortunately nobody was hurt but a number of homes were damaged and the strong winds also flipped an 18-wheeler, look at that, near dallas on the highway. that sent an awning crashing down on to several cars as one couple was out there having lunch. listen to what they de

greece basically is a default because the commodores are being asked to take a kirkuk on the 52% or something like that of the bond. what is the impact of that going to be on our banks and financial institutions in this country? >> no material impact. the aftermath dramatically reduced over the last 18 months or so and they did buy protection against the remaining exposure the head but that exposure is very small but any investors around the world that exposure to greece and going into this exchange will be able to take it to the protection they purchased. >> it's interesting from the standpoint this situation has been prevalent for the least a couple of years and it seems like we're just telling the american public to see what's going on their becoming more aware and and a curious why were we not being worn out front talking about this over the last couple of years say two years ago? i'm sure your office and about this and the concerns after 2008 knowing the intricacies of how complicated and how complex the financial world is and help tied together the as the united states and as the europe