Anchor Marco Werman speaks with experts on Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, about the challenges facing the United States from the nations President Bush deemed were part of an "Axis of Evil." Borzou Daragahi is the Baghdad bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times. Frances Harrison reports for the BBC in Teheran, and Stanford professor David Kang is an expert on North Korea.

The BBC's Grant Ferrett reports on concerns that Somalia might go the way of Afghanistan under the Taliban. The Islamic movement known as the Union of Islamic Courts took control of Mogadishu this past summer. It's been credited with ending weeks of violence in the capital, Mogadishu. But critics are wary of its fundamentalist line.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with US Congressman Donald Payne, a ranking member on the House subcommittee on Africa, about Washington's position on Somalia, and concerns about the country's current ruling power, the United Islamic Courts.

The World's Matthew Bell reports on how relations between the United States and North Korea got to where they are today.

The World's Matthew Bell reports on how relations between the United States and North Korea got to where they are today.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Guy Delisle, a French illustrator who was sent to North Korea on business and has now published a graphic novel about his experiences in the isolated Communist country.

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Where in the world will we go today?

Correspondent Ben Gilbert reports on a film festival in Beirut. The festival almost didn't take place because of the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, but so far, it's been well attended and well received.

Today's answer is Bologna, the Italian city where the world's first printed atlas was published in 1477. Today, that atlas was sold at auction at Sotheby's in London. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the man who made the winning bid, London-based rare books dealer Bernard Shapiro.

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Anchor Marco Werman introduces us to Hungarian beatmaster DJ Bootsie and his new CD, "The Silent Partner."

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