Israel drops leaflets into southern Lebanon. The leaflets warn any civilians to leave immediately. The World's Jason Margolis brings us up to date on the crisis along the Israeli-Lebanese border.

For today's Global Hit, anchor Lisa Mullins profiles the Spanish based Mediterranean band, "L'ham de Foc."

Today's answer is the English county of Devon. Anchor Lisa Mullins interviews a farmer there who hopes to take advantage of global warming to start growing olive trees.

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The World's Mary Kay Magistad has the last in our series of reports on China and the environment. Today, we focus on China's growing commitment to renewable energy and its plans for constructing "green" buildings and cities.

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This week marks the 70th anniversary of the start of Spain's civil war. The government is about to pass a law that will compensate those who were imprisoned by the late dictator Francisco Franco. Some of the former prisoners say the legislation doesn't go far enough. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's William Troop about today's verdict in the case of the infamous World Cup head-butt. Both players involved will pay a price for the incident.

Reporter Suzanne Marmion reports on the massive effort in the Democratic Republic of Congo to pull off its first multi-party election in more than 40 years. Ongoing violence throughout the region threatens to derail the election.

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The World's Aaron Schachter reports on Israel's intention to continue its military operations in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories and the questions those operations raise about the Israel's future security.