Position: Absolute items does not display

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Hi guys... I have this website African TV and im doing its css but the problem is with IE... im using absolute position to position my banner on top of my screen... its working fine in other browser but when it comes to IE it does not display the div tagss... here is my css code

#center_container{
    border: 1px solid transparent;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    min-height: 200px;
    position: relative;
    width: 1013px;
}

#banner_image{
    float: left;
    height: 153px;
    left: 12px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 35px;
    width: 309px;
    display: block;
    border: 1px solid;
}
#search{
    border: 0 solid transparent;
    display: block;
    height: 29px;
    width: 400px;
    left: 380px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 170px;
}
#note{
    color: #FFFFFF;
    display: block;
    left: 380px;
    position: absolute;
    text-align: left;
    top: 56px;
    width: 400px;
}

and heres my HTML file

<div id="center_container">
<div id="header">

<div id="globe">
						
  <img src="images/international.png" id="banner_image" />
  <div id="note">High Definition live streaming videos, live to you 24/7. Subribe now..</div>
  <div id="search">
        <form method="POST" action="">
	<input type= "text" id="search_text" name="search"/>
	<input type= "submit" value="Search" id="search_button" name="search_button" />
	</form>
  </div>
  <div id="icons">
	<ul>
 	<li><a href= "" /><img src = "images/facebook.png" /></a></li>
	<li><a href= "" /><img src = "images/digg.png" /></a></li>
	<li><a href= "" /><img src = "images/rss.png" /></a></li>
        <li><a href= "" /><img src = "images/search.png" /></a></li>
	<li><a href= "" /><img src = "images/window_gray.png" /></a></li>
	<li><a href= "" /><img src = "images/meet.png" /></a></li>
	</ul>
 </div>

</div>
</div>
</div>

the div tag with an id "globe" and its position absolute is working fine and displaying the div tag... but inside the globe which is the other div tag such as search, note... this tag have an attribute of position: absolute as well but the problem is its not appearing on the site... how do i solve this please help... as much as possible i want to use absolute as positioning