The global financial crisis is now being felt in the Arabian gulf. Dubai's sizzling hot real estate sector is suddenly cooling down. Correspondent Ben Gilbert reports from Dubai.

Le Corbusier in 1908

Marco Werman speaks with Nicholas Fox Weber, the author of a new biography of the hugely influential 20th century architect, Le Corbusier, about the designer's willingness to work with both democrats and despots around the world to create some of the most famous buildings of all time.

Le Corbusier pictures

The rock group Guns N Roses yesterday released a new CD, 14 years in the making. It's called "Chinese Democracy." Anchor Marco Werman tell us that China has banned the new CD.

On Saturday, a group that included former UN Secretary Kofi Annan and former US President Jimmy Carter was forced to cancel a planned visit to Zimbabwe. Authorities there refused to issue them visas. The group, known as the Elders, had intended to publicize the need for more aid to Zimbabwe. The World's Laura Lynch has more.

Zimbabwe at the crossroads

Our daily geography quiz.

Venezuela held gubernatorial and mayoral elections over the weekend. The parties allied with President Hugo Chavez won a majority of the contests but the opposition also posted some gains. The BBC's Will Grant reports from Caracas.

Venezuela's president is the focus of an upcoming PBS Frontline documentary. It's called "The Hugo Chavez Show." And it features excerpts from "Aló Presidente!" -- the TV program that Chavez hosts every week. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Ofra Bikel who wrote, produced and directed the documentary.

In today's Geo Quiz we asked what the five busiest airports are. When it comes to international traffic, the most bustling are: Number 5: Hong Kong, Number 4: Frankfurt, Number 3: Amsterdam, Number 2: the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris...And the number one busiest airport, it serves 62 million passengers a year, is London's Heathrow Airport.

The World's Adeline Sire profiles a Dutch all-reed quintet which plays music from the early Renaissance to jazz.

Roosevelt in 1932: Associated PressPresident-elect Barack Obama faces a daunting set of economic challenges, including a banking crisis, failing businesses and rising unemployment. That's not unlike Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s. And Obama has apparently been studying what lessons can be drawn from FDR's presidency in that regard. Jonathan Freedland and his guests compare past and present on BBC's 'The Long View'.

The guests are:
Tony Badger, Professor of American History at Cambridge University and author of ‘FDR The First Hundred Days.
DD Guttenplan, historian and London Correspondent of The Nation
Philip Booth, Economist from the Institute of Economic Affairs
Janet Daley, of The Daily Telegraph

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