Word from Iraq is that American military officials are planning to build a wall between the Sunni and Shiite sections of Baghdad in an effort to contain the sectarian violence that continues to overwhelm the city. Anchor Marco Werman gets more on the story from LA Times reporter Ed Sanders in Baghdad.

The World's Katie Clark reports on President Bush's guarded optimism about the war in Iraq, despite the hundreds of lives lost there this week.

No one was more surprised than the members of the LA-based band Ozomatli by their invitation from the US State Department to perform recently in India and Nepal. The bands music is is rooted in politics and world events, and much of it is critical of US foreign policy. The World's Marco Werman has the story.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the mouth of the Providence River in Providence, Rhode Island. That's the site where the sunken Russian attack submarine, Juliett 484 is moored. The Cold-War sub now serves as the centerpiece of the Russian Sub Museum. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the museum's director, Frank Lennon.

General Vang Pao is a revered figure of the Hmong people of Laos, thousands of whom settled in the US following the Vietnam War. Now the school board in Madison, Wisconsin has decided to name a new public school after General Pao. Wisconsin Public Radio's Brian Bull explains why critics are saying the General's checkered past makes him a poor choice for an elementary school's namesake.

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The World's Jessie Graham reports on a program here in the United States that helps immigrants from several African countries cope with their memories of war back home. We hear how some American therapists are trying to overcome the immigrants' reluctance to talk about their traumatic experiences.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Ismail Jarbo, a survivor of the violence in Sudan's Darfur region. Jarbo says his family was killed and his house was destroyed when the Sudanese government and Arab militias attacked his village in 2003. Jarbo is one of the luckiest survivors. He now lives in London.

The French will vote for their next president on Sunday and record numbers of voters have registered to cast their ballot. One motivating factor, at least among liberal voters, is the candidacy of far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen. But the World's Gerry Hadden explains that Le Pen isn't the only reason the French are shaking off their political apathy.