President Bush hopes Congress will normalize trade relations with Vietnam this week as he prepares to attend this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative summit in Hanoi on Friday. Anchor Marco Werman talks with the BBC's Bill Hayton in Hanoi about the myriad of ways the Vietnamese are preparing for the summit.

There's much talk of bi-partisanship in Washington now. But there are some foreign policy issues that could quickly put an end to the niceties. First up, John Bolton's appointment as US Ambassador to the United Nations. The World's Matthew Bell reports.

Borat and his film continue to amuse and upset some people. But the soundtrack should please just about anyone. It's an impressive snapshot of Balkan and gypsy music. The World's Marco Werman reports.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Russia, where officials have refused to license the comedy film "Borat" for fear it will offend Russian audiences. The star of the film is the British comedian Sasha Baron Cohen. The World's Rob Hugh-Jones went on a search to find out more about what makes him tick.

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's business correspondent Mark Gregory about the impact of fraud and corruption on the reconstruction effort in Iraq. Gregory has just completed a documentary called "The Missing Baghdad Millions."

The World's Katy Clark reports on how Donald Rumsfeld's resignation may have kicked the Iraq blame game into high gear.

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The World's Franc Contreras reports on concerns that civil unrest could spread in Mexico. Violent protests in the southern city of Oaxaca have been followed by bomb explosions in Mexico City this week. A coalition of leftists groups claimed responsibility for the explosions and charged Mexico's government of failing to address basic problems like corruption and poverty.