Development agencies have long promoted corn as a crop that can modernize African agriculture. Yet some food experts say Africa has now become over-reliant on corn, and the result has been increased malnutrition and vulnerability to famine. Melaina Spitzer reports.

The Pilgrims did not simply disembark from the Mayflower and feast on turkey, stuffing, and corn. And not all Americans with roots in New England are descendents of those Mayflower passengers. But...a lot of them are, as we hear from Chris Child of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Chaos and confusion in Mumbai has made it difficult to get solid information about the attackers. A previously unknown militant group has claimed responsibility. The World's Matthew Bell reports.

The attacks in Mumbai are part of a larger pattern of terrorist incidents in India. And yet there remains a perception of India as a place of spirituality. Host Ken Bader speaks with Shashi Tharoor, author and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Our daily geography quiz.

For today's Geo Quiz, we asked you to name a Dutch town that hosted English pilgrims for nearly a decade, and may have given them the idea to have a holiday of thanksgiving. Emily Kopp reports from Leiden, the answer to our quiz.

Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour and Honduran Aurelio Martinez have been performing together for the past year. They tell us about their different styles of music and perform two songs for us.

Today on The World: The latest on the attacks in Mumbai; Why some Americans are job-hunting in Dubai; And is anti-Semitism on the rise in Spain?

We'll have the latest on the attacks in Mumbai. Anchor David Baron speaks with the BBC's Karishma Vaswani, who witnessed the end of the siege at a Jewish Center.

Indian-Pakistani relations have been relatively smooth lately. But things just got more complicated with the Mumbai attacks. The World's Matthew Bell reports.