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Reporter Anita Elash profiles France's new justice minister. Rachida Dati is France's first top official of North African descent. She was appointed by new president Nicholas Sarkozy. Critics have accused Sarkozy of promoting racist and anti-immigrant policies.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with BBC Arab Affairs analyst Magdi Abdelhadi about Syria's reaction to the United Nations decision to set up a tribunal for the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri. Syria says it will refuse to cooperate with a tribunal, but denies any connection to Hariri's assassination. A U-N report implicated some senior Syrian officials.

The UN Security Council has voted to set up a tribunal to prosecute those accused in the murder of Lebanon's former premier, Rafiq Hariri. Correspondent Ben Gilbert reports on reaction in Lebanon to that decision.

The World's Gerry Hadden tells the story of a Japanese woman who longed to break out of the restraint of Japanese culture and express herself. She found that expression in flamenco dancing, and moved to Spain to study with Flamenco masters. Now she has her own dance studio there and is legendary back home in Japan.

Today's answer is the Negev Desert in southern Israel. The World's David Leveille has a story about an Israeli family that lives there...and sometimes come into contact with the wild animals that also call the desert their home.

Where in the world will we go today?

Few Asians hold top positions in corporate America. A young Korean studying at Princeton thinks he knows why. Rudy Lee made a film about the clash between traditional Asian values and American corporate culture. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Lee about the challenges facing young Asian-Americans as they enter the work force.

Correspondent Sheri Fink reports on the struggles among the migrant worker population in New Orleans. Thousands of undocumented immigrants flocked to the city to help with demolition and reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina. But they're having trouble getting help, such as healthcare, when they need it.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Joelle Tanguy Managing Director of Global Business Coalition, a New York-based organization that's helping to fight the spread of contagious diseases around the world. One of their strategies in China involves the use of playing cards. Decks of cards carrying information about HIV and tuberculosis will be distributed among Chinese migrant workers.