Multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven has taken the standards performed by the legendary gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and his partner violinist Stephane Grappelli. The World's Marco Werman tells us what happens when gypsy jazz gets the Latin treatment.

The World's Aaron Schachter reports on today's clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem. The clashes were sparked by Palestinian anger over an Israeli construction project near the al Aqsa mosque.

Marco Werman speaks with journalist Matt Rees in Jerusalem about the new unity agreement between Palestinian factions and whether the accord is expected to work. Hamas and Fatah agreed yesterday to form a unity government in an effort to stop fighting among Palestinian factions in recent weeks.

Pentagon officials undercut the intelligence community in the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq by insisting that there was a relationship between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. That's the conclusion of the Defense Department's internal watchdog. The World's Katy Clark explains.

British philanthropist Sir Richard Branson is offering a pretty big carrot, $25 million dollars, to the inventor of a mechanism that will actively absorb and store carbon dioxide. The World's Lisa Mullins speaks with a British researcher about carbon dioxide and how it contributes to global warming. And keeping with the climate change theme, Marco Werman speaks with the CEO of Interface, one of the world's biggest commercial carpet manufacturers. Ray Anderson hopes to make his company more environmentally -minded without affecting his bottom line.

Under a program that targets illegal immigrants working in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security recently raided a pork processing plant in North Carolina. Twenty-one workers were detained. The World's Matthew Bell reports on the story from Tar Heel, North Carolina.

On Sunday Portuguese voters go to the polls in an attempt to ease one of the strictest abortion bans in Europe. The World's Gerry Hadden reports.

Where in the world will we go today?

The Stasi, East Germany's much-reviled Secret Police, is the subject of the German film, "The Lives of Others." Nominated for the Academy Award for best foreign language film, it opens in New York today. The World's Adeline Sire has the story.

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