The 2010 World Expo is scheduled to be held in Shanghai, China. Phillip Martin reports that the United States will not be among the countries officially represented at the Expo.

Construction manager describing Shanghai Expo site: photo: Phillip Martin

The World's Clark Boyd reports on a campaign to raise awareness about Kareem Amer, an Egyptian blogger who is currently in jail.

Anchor Lisa Mullins has a quick round-up of quirky news stories from around the globe.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with reporter Laura Lynch about Zimbabwe's uncertain political situation. Today, the country's ruling party announced it will back President Robert Mugabe if there is a run-off presidential vote. Official results from the original vote last Saturday have not been announced yet.

Zimbabwe's economy is in a free fall. But experts say the country has a good economic base to recover from -- if the political situation stabilizes. The World's Jason Margolis reports.

Diane Toomey reports in a South Africa program that teaches women the skill of animal tracking -- traditionally a male profession.

For today's Geo Quiz, we're looking for a nearly 4,000 mile long geological rift that runs along a north-south axis through Africa.

Manuel Rueda reports on a public outcry in Colombia, calling on the government and leftist rebels to come up with a deal to release hundreds of hostages held in the Colombian jungle.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz - name the 4-thousand mile rift passing through Africa - is the Great Rift Valley. It's a major bird migratory route between Asia and Africa. The World's Quil Lawrence took in a bird-watching tour on another stop along the way of that migration -- northern Israel recently.

Lisa Mullins reports on the band Dengue Fever. They're based in Los Angeles, but specialize in Cambodian music. The band started out playing covers of old Cambodian pop songs, and now is trying to find the musicians who wrote the songs originally. That's not an easy thing to do in Cambodia.