Reporter Linda Gradstein reports on how Israeli officials are preparing for an expected wave of lawsuits accusing Israeli soldiers of committing war crimes in Gaza.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Britain's Attorney General Patricia Scotland. She's Britain's first black and first female attorney general.

Barack Obama began to downplay his international roots while on the campaign trail. Now his African heritage and multi-ethnic family are again part of his narrative. The World's Carol Hills has the story.

Reporter Heba Aly visits a barbershop near Khartoum, Sudan that's renamed itself the "Barak Obama Salon." Business is apparently booming.

Our daily geography quiz.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with actor Benicio del Toro about his role in the upcoming film, "Che". Del Toro co-produced the film...and selected a song by Cuba's Silvio Rodriguez to close the first part. We stay in Cuba to find the answer to today's Geo Quiz. The answer is Santa Clara, capital of the Cuban province of Villa Clara and the site of a key battle for Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution.

Today on The World: President Obama refocuses the US mission in Afghanistan; Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda is arrested by his former allies in Rwanda; And we meet a Grammy Award winner -- German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Marc Garlasco, Senior Military Analyst at Human Rights Watch, who is in Gaza to study how the conflict there was fought -- on both sides. He's examining the human costs of war.

Gaza conflict

President Obama has appointed Richard Holbrooke, one of America's best-known diplomatic troubleshooters, as special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The World's Jeb Sharp reports on the man and his mandate.

Taliban resurgence

The Obama administration promises to "forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan." But Afghanistan is a nation struggling with violence, corruption, tribal rivalries, and an economy built on the drug trade. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Rory Stewart about the challenges in Afghanistan. Stewart has lived and traveled in Afghanistan, and is now faculty director of Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.