Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the latest on Condoleezza Rice's Middle East tour from the BBC's Jonathan Beale, who's travelling with the Secretary of State. Rice pledged today that the United States will redouble its efforts to improve the living conditions for the Palestinian people...but offered nothing concrete.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the North Sea - that's the site of the Norwegian oil and gas platform known as Troll A. An unusual concert was held on the rig yesterday. The World's David Leveille has the story of what the Guinness Book of World Records has called, "The Deepest Underwater Gig".

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A plan to build what would be Europe's largest mosque in London is meeting resistance. The location is adjacent to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games and some Londoner's are expressing concern. The World's Rob Hugh-Jones reports.

Today we're looking for the site of the oil and gas platform known as Troll A. It stands on the sea floor 1,000 feet below the surface of the body of water that we're searching for.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Dan Oberdofer of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies about Ban Ki-Moon, the South Korean diplomat poised to succeed Kofi Annan as United Nations Secretary General.

The World's Matthew Bell reports on North Korea's announcement that it will carry out a nuclear test. The announcement was condemned by the United States and other nations today.

France is abuzz with the announcement today of a new 126 million dollar art museum to be built in Paris. The World's Gerry Hadden has the story of the museum which is to be designed by US architect Frank Gehry.

It has been a long journey for America's newest refugees, the Meskhetian Turks. Many are hoping to escape the escalating ethnic tensions and violence in their native southern Russia. Correspondent Julia Barton reports.

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