Anchor Lisa Mullins explains how a word currently popular in the Iraqi language is reflecting the sectarian breakdown of its society.

President Bush held his annual year-end news conference at the White House today. The World's Matthew Bell reports on what the President said...and wouldn't say...about the future for US troops in Iraq.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Brigadier-General Vincent Brooks in Baghdad about the handover of security responsibility from US to Iraqi forces. Today the Iraqi province of Najaf became the first that Americans have transfered to Iraqi control since the US-led invasion in 2003.

For today's Global Hit, Darrell Harvey reports that Romanian gypsies are putting down their accordians and traditional garb and reaching for synthesizers and bling.

Today's answer is South Korea where it's not a good idea to give fine linen or a silk handkerchief as a gift. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Dean Foster, author of "Culture Guides to Go," to find out why.

Where in the world will we go today?

The World's Gerry Hadden reports on the United Nations' bird flu command center in Rome. The team of experts is on its first mission, in South Korea.

In the second installment in our four-part series on slums of the third world, correspondent Jennifer Schmidt reports on a model project in South Africa that through its failure offers some hard lessons about shelter, poverty, and equity.

Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation duo that created Tom and Jerry, Yogi the Bear and the Flintstones, has died. The World's Ruxandra Guidi reports on his global legacy.