President-elect Obama has made tackling global climate change a priority for his administration. But the Obama team doesn't have much time to get things moving. The World's Alex Gallafent reports.

About one in five Americans still doubt that the Earth is warming. Is this healthy skepticism or denial? The World's Jason Margolis reports on cultural denial around the globe.

Our daily geography quiz.

For today's Geo Quiz, we were looking for the host city of the annual Biggest Liar's contest. The answer is Cumbria in northern England. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Sue Perkins, this year's winner of the lying competition.

Researchers have confirmed through DNA testing that remains in an unmarked grave in central Poland are that of Nicholaus Copernicus. Anchor Marco Werman has more.

For today's Global hit we meet singer-songwriter Beth Rowley. The tunes on Beth Rowley's just released CD "Little Dreamer" run from jazzy torch songs to rock. The World's Marco Werman has more.

An incredibly full show this week folks. We start with a discussion of coltan, a substance you can find in your cell phone, Playstation and other electronics. One of the main sources of coltan is the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. Is it fueling the war? Also, West Africa tries to tackle its reputation as a hotbed of Internet scammers, and we hear about Google Earth's Virtual Rome. Then, we've heard that the so-called "Blogfather of the Persian Blogosphere" may or may not have been arrested in Tehran. We end with an assessment of the International Space Station, which turned ten this week, and a tribute to that tiny giant of Eastern European automotive technology, the Yugo.

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Today on The World: The global impact of the Citibank rescue plan; Also, the real estate bubble bursts in Dubai; and a filmmaker's take on Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.

The U.S. government has approved a deal to stabilize Citigroup. The World's Jason Margolis reports on what the Citigroup deal means for the global economy.

Global economic crisis

Timothy Geithner

Marco Werman speaks with Harvard Professor and former International Monetary Fund chief economist Kenneth Rogoff about Barack Obama's choice of Timothy Geithner for Treasury Secretary.

Video: Obama introduces economic team