mr. papademos is to be sworn in. no sign that they will fade. papademos will be leading a government of unity with broadbased support from the disparate political side here. he will hope to stand above political fighting to bring together the warring factions to try to support him. and he will hope may unite behind him as well, because he will be seen as a safety our hands, much like mario monte. he is not tainted by the past as george papandreou was. and there is the hope he will get the backing that george papandreou lost, certainly, in the political sphere. >> thanks for joining us. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. syria has been accused of committing crimes against humanity. the campaigning organization human rights watch says syria is at torturing and killing its own citizens. it wants to syria to be referred to the international criminal court and for sanctions to be opposed -- to be imposed against becausthe government in damascu. at least 12 people are now known to have died after an earthquake hit eastern

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being sworn in as we speak or these are live pictures from the ceremony your seeing in athens here mr papademos is the vice president of the european central bank for eight years he was shortlisted for a greek premiership after the resignation of former prime minister george papandreou of course up and drove just a couple of weeks ago calling for a referenda. on the next round of e.u. bailouts he was then summoned to can by angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy and then suggested by certainly some sources to hand in his resignation again these are live pictures right here from athens as the new greek prime minister is being sworn in. and with europe's debt burden growing ever harder for the block to shoulder all eyes are turning to the east in the hope that china will commit as vos cash reserves to save the e.u. but so far its reluctance has been all too obvious the reasons why are one of the themes being discussed in today's cross talk that's coming your way. next hour. every country goes after self interest and geopolitical interests as well no where near is cutting them strategic as china does a

media to ask will be to implement yet more austerity measures in return for continued payments mr papademos was valid to do all he can to bring greece's finances under control and promise to keep the country in the euro zone and john laughlin the director of studies at the paris institute of democracy incorporation believes brussels has a scrape much of the blame for the clocks crisis. these people who have taken power in greece and shortages in italy have never been elected these are men who have made their entire careers through garnering important proper guidance in places like the european commission or the european central bank and they have no democratic mandate at all and precisely what is so frightening about that is only in the aftermath as the european union and the euro enters its death agonies because that's what i think it is is the way in which the european union really is showing and i would say this without any exaggeration in fact it's true nature as a dictatorship after all it is europe which has effectively commanded these two prime ministers to leave office and you have

mr. papademos.aker government for the next few weeks has to convince the greek public that they have to have another round of tough austerity that cuts to the pensions, job cuts, and that's, of course, taking less pay if they do keep their job. the economy is in recession but europe says you have to do this to cut your budget deficit or we won't give you the money. remember what happened when lehman brothers went bankrupt in 2008. that's why we saw the markets so worried about what's happening here in athens. carol? >> so ugly. let's talk about italy. the political future of italy's prime minister, silvio berlusconi, now hangs in the balance. what can we expect next? >> reporter: you know, it's these mediterranean countries and the periphery of europe that seems to be causing all these issues. italy, of course, is a much, much bigger economy. silvio berlusconi hangs on by a thread. he's been prime minister for a very long time. he keeps coming and going. what the markets are worried about, you look

mr. papademos knows this rather well.he advocate a stronger role for the ecb in saving countries like greece? >> well, at the moment, he hasn't really opened his cards in terms of exactly what it is he's going to do. i mean, he's only taking over today. what we do know and he has said during a speech yesterday, is that he will push through with the reforms that are necessary for greece to remain in the euro zone. he's saying that greece's future is with the euro zone. he is also saying that he will do whatever it takes to ratify the new bailout loan that greece had agreed in the end of october in order for that money to come through. he's also saying that he will make sure that the sixth installment of the previous bailout loan gets to greece. basically his next moves will be to do whatever it takes to keep greece into the euro zone, nina. >> okay. elinda joining us live from athens. many thanks for that. >>> let's take a look at how the markets finished the week in asia. mild gains across the board after thursday's reall

greek prime minister lucas papademos has been sworn in as head of a unity government make up of his new cabinet was also announced with a key position a finance minister unchanged mr pup of them says immediate task will be to implement yet more austerity measures in return for continued e.u. bailout payments the former european central bank vice president has vowed to do all he can to bring greece's finances under control and promise to keep the country in the euro zone and john laughlin the director of studies at the paris and situate of democracy and cooperation believes brussels has a skate much of the blame for the blocs debt crisis. these people who have taken power in greece and shortly to take power in italy have never been elected these are men who have made their entire careers through garnering important appointments and cases like the european commission or the european central bank and they have no democratic mandate at all and precisely what is so frightening about what is happening in not that as the european union and the euro enters its death agonies because that's what i think it is is the way in which the european union really is showing and i sa