A day after the Iraq Study Group released its report, The World's Jessie Graham reports that sectarian interests in Iraq may be taking precedence over a desire for national unity.

Host Marco Werman speaks with Shibley Telhami of the University of Maryland, about how the war in Iraq has the Arab states of the Persian Gulf worried. Countries such as Saudi Arabia are concerned that instability could spill over their borders.

Jeane Kirkpatrick, an unabashed apostle of Reagan-era conservatism and the first woman US ambassador to the United Nations, has died. The World's Matthew Bell has a remembrance.

Aceh is the region in Indonesia that was hit hardest by the tsunami two years ago. Correspondent Jocelyn Ford reports from the capital, Banda Aceh, on the tsunami's impact on elections in the region and the conflict between the Indonesian government and a separatist movement.

Jobs are scarce in the Indonesian region of Aceh, and so are homes. The relief agency Oxfam International estimates that 25,000 families in Aceh are still without a roof over their heads. Host Marco Werman speaks to Oxfam spokesman, Sean Kenny, in London about relief efforts in the region.

The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Bangkok on the fragile state of democracy in Thailand. The country's military overthrew Thailand's elected prime minister in September. But the interim government promises to restore democracy next year.

Where in the world will we go today?

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.

Marco Werman speaks with Eric Bobo, son of the late percussionist, Willie Bobo. Eric has just put out a CD of previously-unreleased Willie Bobo tracks. The CD is called "Lost and Found."