The World's Quil Lawrence reports on the difficulties faced by US diplomats in Baghdad. The American Embassy in Iraq is charged with overseeing the reconstruction effort. But it's hampered by security concerns and bureaucratic inefficiencies.

Host Lisa Mullins gets two opposing views on the war in Iraq. Thomas Donnelly of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington supports the war effort. Lt. General William Odom is with us at the Hudson Institute in Washington and a critic of the war in Iraq.

The votes have been counted in Italy. And, according to official results, the winner is center-left politician Romano Prodi.

Correspondent Megan Williams reports from Sicily on concerns that the Mafia is resorting to violence more frequently than it has in recent years. Some say it's a sign that the Mafia is losing its political influence on its home turf.

Iran announced today it had successfully enriched uranium to make nuclear fuel. This despite demands from the UN Security Council and the United States to halt its nuclear program. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with nuclear expert, Jim Walsh, about the escalating war of words with Iran over the nuclear issue.

The World's Aaron Schachter updates the political situation in Israel, as acting prime minister Ehud Olmert and his Kadima party try to form a new government.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Correspondent David Chanatry reports that refugee camps run by the United Nations in Kosovo are plagued by lead-poisoning. The refugees affected are Roma, or gypsies, and attempts to solve the situation are complicated by the region's entrenched ethnic divisions.

Today's geo answer is the Mexican city of Mazatlan. Nearby are ancient ball fields where the Aztecs played a mystical and brutal game called Ulama. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with anthropologist John Fox, who has studied the game.