President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order today that would lift the ban on US funding for foreign family planning organizations that promote or provide information about abortion. The World's Jason Margolis explains.

China has just reported four new human cases of bird flu -- three of them fatal -- as millions of Chinese prepare to travel throughout the country for the lunar New Year. The World's Mary Kay Magistad has this update.

Rwandan authorities have arrested renegade Congolese general, Laurent Nkunda. He's the leader of a Tutsi rebel force that's been involved in the long-running war in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from the BBC's Peter Greste.

War in Congo

Rwandan Hutu militias have continued to survive in eastern Congo for a decade. In some cases, they've received support from Rwandans around the world, including some in the United States. Reporter Michael Kavanagh has the story of a Hutu rebel political leader who makes his home in New Jersey.

Our daily Geography Quiz goes down under today.

Today we're heading to South Australia where the international cycling race, the Tour Down Under, is under way. The answer is Adelaide, Australia. Anchor Marco Werman gets details about the race from ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp.) sports reporter John Thompson-Mills who's got his eye on American cyclist Lance Armstrong as he tries to make a comeback.

Reporter Jeff Lunden profiles classical singer Thomas Quasthoff. The German bass-baritone has won three Grammy Awards and achieved international success. And he's overcome significant physical challenges to do it.

The BBC's Raffi Berg went to Auschwitz to examine how much the international community should commit to preserving the site for future vistors, in light of funding shortages.

Today on The World: An update on conditions in Gaza after the ceasefire; the strange history of a text placeholder called the "Lorem Ipsum"; and the upcoming World Economic Forum and its agenda for a post-crisis economy.

European officials have warmly welcomed President Obama's order to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay Cuba. They're just not sure they want to take in any of the detainees. The World's Gerry Hadden explains.

Katy Clark's Guantánamo stories