A new US intelligence report suggests that Iran may not be as hard set on developing nuclear weapons as Washington thinks. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks to David Albright, President of the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, about how this new intelligence suggests a greater possibility of diplomatic relations between the US and Iran.

A key United Nations conference on climate change got underway in Bali, Indonesia today. One of the topics on the agenda is the protection of tropical forests. They're dwindling fast under the double threats of logging and forest fires. Forests are vanishing especially quickly on the southeast Asian island of Borneo. But some communities there are bucking the trend. They're preserving their old-growth forests. Reporter Trish Anderton visited one such remote village in the southern, Indonesian part of Borneo.

A group of Japanese researchers today released the results of a study that pitted young chimpanzees against college students in tests of short-term memory. The World's Clark Boyd has the story.

The US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill arrived in North Korea today. He's helping to implement a deal that could mean the end of North Korea's nuclear threats. The World's Matthew Bell reports from Seoul, South Korea.

To mark its 125th anniversary, the Boston Symphony commissioned works from composers around the world.
Now, two years later, its performing a piece from France's Henri Dutilleux. The World's Adeline Sire has the story.

Voters in Venezuela and Russia went to the polls yesterday...and they delivered very different verdicts. The World's Jason Margolis reports on the similarities and differences between the two elections.

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Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Russia strengthened President Vladimir Putin's hand. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Russian politician Yegor Gaidar about Vladimir Putin's popularity and relations between the U.S. and Russia. Gaidar is a former prime minister who introduced liberal economic policies in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez suffered a rare political setback this weekend, as his plans for a constitutional reform were rejected by voters by a narrow margin. The World's Ruxandra Guidi reports on another problem facing Chavez: rising urban crime in Venezuela. Many say that part of the problem is that Chavez refuses to crack down on crime for fear of alienating supports the capital's slums.

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