The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports that China is angry over a meeting today between the Dalai Lama and President Bush. Tomorrow, the Dalai Lama will be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. The Chinese government calls these honors "unacceptable interference in China's internal affairs."

The largest dinosaur skeletons ever found have come from Argentina. Now, what could be a brand new species of large lizard has surfaced in Argentina. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the details from Jeff Wilson, a Paleontologist at the University of Michigan.

Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez is always pushing neighboring countries to be more independent of the United States. Argentina has relations with both Venezuela and the US, and is caught in a diplomatic tug of war. The BBC's Daniel Schweimler reports from Buenos Aires.

Anchor Lisa Mullins tells how a mother's ingenuity and 80,000 cans of silly string are helping soldiers save lives in Iraq.

Two men associated with the private security firm Blackwater have been thrown out of the southern African country of Namibia. The men were recruiting Namibians to work for Blackwater in Iraq and Afghanistan. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets more on the story from Brigitte Weidlich, a correspondent for the daily newspaper, The Namibian.

Russian President Vladmir Putin and leaders of Caspian Sea nations are meeting today with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to discuss Iran's nuclear ambitions. Some analysts wonder whether the summit has any relevance in today's hostile environment. The World's Aaron Schachter has the story.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Chris Hogg about the mounting pressure on the military rulers of Burma -- or Myanmar. The Burmese government has defiantly rejected international calls to end its crackdown on pro-democracy activists. Some countries -- such as Japan and the United States, are hoping economic sanctions can force the generals to change course.

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Anchor Marco Werman and Billboard classical music critic Anastasia Tsioulcas play two versions of a tune by Hungarian composer Bela Bartock -- one traditional, the other by a contemporary gypsy band.

We were searching for a small island nation, just off the eastern coast of Africa. It lies in the Indian Ocean, between the northern end of Mozambique and northern Madagascar. Once a colony of France, this nation declared its independence in 1975. The answer is the Nation of the Comoros.