Al Gore is in Australia to promote the film "An Inconvenient Truth" and he's urging politicians to take action against climate change. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney.

Globally, hurricanes are becoming fiercer according to some studies. And a new study suggests the root cause is global warming. The World's Jason Margolis has the story.

Sudan stands firm against mounting pressure to allow UN peacekeepers into the ravaged Darfur region. The World's Jeb Sharp reports on the latest developments in Sudan.

President Bush says he is using every element of national power to fight terrorists. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets opinions from around the globe on whether the United States is, indeed, using all the tools it has available. Among those weighing in: Gershon Baskin, with the Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information in Jerusalem and Wu Jianmin, China's ambassador to the United Nations.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Claire Spencer, Head of Middle East Programme at Chatham House in London, about the significance of today's meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran

The World's Marco Werman tells the story of how the events of September 11 caused composer Amina Figarova to stop writing music...and how a family's loss on that day inspired her to start writing again.

The answer to our Geo Quiz is Ethiopia, where today is New Year's Day. Seble Argaw, executive director of an Ethiopian women's alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts, tells anchor Lisa Mullins how some Ethiopians in America will celebrate the New Year.

The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona on a street gang that's just been given status as a registered cultural organization by the government of Catalonia. The gang, the Latin Kings, has roots in the United States.

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