The United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, says there must be an immediate cessation of hostilities in Lebanon. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev about what his country is gaining from its attacks in Lebanon.

The militant group Hezbollah takes reporter Kate Seelye on a tour of a part of southern Beirut that's been reduced to rubble by nine days of Israeli attacks.

The World's Helen Barrington profiles Iranian singer, Azam Ali. As a child she and her family came to the United States after the Iranian revolution, but her music echoes the longing she still feels for her homeland.

Today's Geo Answer is the Quelccaya Ice Cap. The world's largest tropical ice cap is 18,600 feet above sea level in the Peruvian Andes. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with science journalist Dan Grossman, who's on the edge of the glacier.

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The World's Mary Kay Magistad has the third installment of our series on China and the environment. Today Mary Kay examines how globalization is encouraging China to adopt more environmentally friendly practices.

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk about the diplomatic challenges the crisis in the Middle East presents for the United States and others.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Tabitha Morgan about the ongoing evacuation of Americans from Lebanon to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

The Lebanese Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora, says more than 300 people have been killed and half-a-million others displaced in a week of Israeli attacks. Correspondent Kate Seelye has the latest from the Lebanese capital, Beirut.