The Bush Administration plans to lower the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to "pre-surge" levels by July. Today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he favors a pause in troop withdrawals after that. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with William Nash, a retired Army major-general and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

The president of East Timor, Jose Ramos Horta, is in serious condition today after being shot in the stomach. The country's Prime Minister said the attack was an attempted coup. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets more information from BBC correspondent Rebecca Henschke.

The World's Lorne Matalon reports on Mexico's other immigration problem -- undocumented immigrants entering Mexico from Central America.

Where in the world will we go today?

Today's Geo Quiz focused in the ancestral home of the potato. The answer is Peru. The BBC's Dan Collyns reports the Peruvian government is promoting the potato as a cheap, stable alternative to more expensive food crops like corn or wheat.

The World's Marco Werman profiles Congolese musician Shiko Mawatu. He came to the U.S. in 2004 and is now a nominee for an NAACP Image award.

Entire program - Feb 12, 2008

The World's Katy Clark reports on reaction here and abroad to the charges announced yesterday against six Guantánamo detainees in connection with the September 11th attacks.

Justice Scalia

The Guantanamo cases are once again drawing attention to US interrogation methods. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke on the BBC program Law in Action about the difficulty of defining torture during wartime and who is protected under the US Constitution. Anchor Lisa Mullins presents an excerpt from that interview. She gets reaction to Scalia's comments from Jameel Jaffer, head of the ACLU's National Security Project, and John Radsan, former assistant general counsel for the CIA.

The World's Gerry Hadden reports on a project to create the world's second-largest gambling city in northeastern Spain. Like Las Vegas, this Spanish gambling city would rise out of a desert. Proponents say the new city would bring much-needed jobs. Critics fear it would siphon off scarce water resources.