mr. burlesconi just brought out this c.d.e doesn't actually sing on "the true love," but the words are all his. not everybody is impressed, though. >> i wouldn't buy it, ever. it just isn't my style. not only musically, i wouldn't buy it. >> i don't like him as a politician or song writer. he's disgusting. >> for sylvio burlesconi, muse exbrings back memories of his youth and less complicated days when he made a hiing crooning on cruise ships in the mediterranean. >> more on that story by visitting the bbc news website. if you're online join us on twitter, you can get in touch with myself, the address on your screen. >> this is newsday on the bbc. good to have you with us. the headline this is hour. egypt's military rulers promise to speed up the transition to democracy. protesters are demanding an immediate handover of power. one of the most senior members of the khmer rouge has defended the regime at a trial in cambodia. the latest survey of land mine use around the world has found that more countries used the weapons last

mr. burlesconi, whether they will adopt policies that make a significant dent inin thr fiscal deficit. >> do you think the u.s. needs to get involved? what impact does this have on the u.s. economy? >> well, we don't need to get involved. if italy is in trouble and if europe is in trouble, that will hurt our exports. it will, to some effect, affect our banks, but our banks are not holding a lot of italian bt or greek debt, so i would say this is not something we need to get involved in, it's something the italians have to do themselves. >> so what's your view on the u.s. economy right now? do you think we're still atisk for a double dip rececession. >> well, the last quarter was better than the ones before, but that was primarily because the households cut their saving in order to spend more. i don't think we're going to see them continuing to cut their saving, and, therefore, i think we're going to limp along with a relatively new low, gay parade for the next year, 2% or so, with the risk that if there was some negative shock, we could actually turn into a double dip. >> meanwhile, we're