Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez is up for re-election on Sunday and is heavily favored to win. A fierce critic of the United States, Chavez is using an old protest song by the singer Ruben Blades to campaign against U-S interests. Jens Erik Gould has more on the story.

The World's Ruxandra Guidi reports on the factors that are pushing young, educated Venezuelans to leave the country. Some are opposed to the policies of President Hugo Chavez. But many complain that there aren't enough jobs for them in Venezuela. So they immigrate to the United States, Spain and other countries.

We get our Geo Answer from Jos Eijssermans of the International Bank Note Society. The answer is Comoros.

Where in the world will we go today?

The World's Gerry Hadden has the latest on an Italian security expert who dined with Alexander Litvinenko on the day the former Russian spy was poisoned with a radioactive substance. The Italian man is now ill.

Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with The World's Mary Kay Magistad about today's announcement in China that the government will relax some of its controls on foreign journalists, at least temporarily. Restrictions are being lifted ahead the Beijing Olympics in August, 2008.

In the 1990s, unhygienic practices in China's blood industry caused thousands of people to contract the AIDS virus. The government has since put in place regulations to prevent such a public health disaster from recurring. But The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports that some donors in China are still paid for their blood, and experts say such cash incentives could lead to HIV entering the blood supply.

'Tis the season for getting out there and buying, buying, buying. But instead of suggesting the usual array of holiday gifts, we asked comedians Kasper Hauser for a look at some imaginary items from their catalog.

Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Austrian filmmaker Nikolaus Gehrhalte about his documentary "Our Daily Bread," which examines the industrialization of food production.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's Franc Contreras in Mexico City, where Felipe Calderon today officially became Mexico's president. The swearing-in ceremony was chaotic, and it was almost derailed by fighting among lawmakers inside the Congressional chamber.