The Italian soccer team returned in triumph to Italy today, after beating France. France may have lost the soccer World Cup, but the French team's captain, Zinedine Zidane, was voted the best player of the tournament. It was the climax of his career, but Zidane was thrown out of the game in disgrace after head-butting an Italian opponent. The World's Alex Gallafent reports on the rise and fall of this sporting hero.

Host Marco Werman speaks with reporter, who's in Pamplona, Spain for this year's San Fermin festival...famous for the curious tradition of the running of the bulls.

Russia says the Chechen guerilla commander, Shamil Basayev, has been killed. Basayev is believed to have masterminded the attack on the school in Beslan. The World's Matthew Bell reports.

Correspondent Ursula Lindsey reports on the struggle for Morocco's journalists against the suppression of free speech under the reign of King Mohammed.

Reporter Lindsay Wise reports on how some Egyptians are going into cyberspace to get around the government's latest limits on press freedom.

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Where in the world will we go today?

Today's answer is the Chinese town of Jiuquan, where the country launches its space rockets. Today, China announced that it's tested a new rocket engine it says will play a key role in its space program. Host Marco Werman gets the story from Tony Reichhardt, senior editor of "Air And Space Magazine."

The World's Quil Lawrence has a profile of a Bolivian rock band that takes issue with US anti-coca policies in its home country.

The Bush Administration announced today it would comply with the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. The apparent shift in its stance was prompted by a Supreme Court ruling last month. The World's Jessie Graham reports.