The Bush Administration today urged all parties in Lebanon to remain calm and refrain from violence. The statement came minutes after Lebanon's outgoing president, Emile Lahoud, asked the army to take control of security. Nicholas Blanford of the Christian Science Monitor is in Beirut.

A band from Newcastle, England, has embraced a distinctly American sound. The World's Marco Werman profiles The Park Bench Social Club.

Vatican employees will soon be eligible for merit raises. Time Magazine's Rome bureau chief Jeff Israely speaks with anchor Lisa Mullins.

We wanted to know the whereabouts of the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier for our Geo Quiz today. The ship is currently headed toward its home port in the Japanese port city of Yokosuka, after China denied its entry to the port of Hong Kong. So the answer is the South China Sea. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Lt. Commander Steve Curry, deputy public affairs officer for the 7th Fleet in Yokosuka, and with a disappointed restaurateur in Hong Kong, Coyote Bar & Grill manager, Gareth Moore.

Venezuela's poor people continue to hold their president, Hugo Chavez, in high esteem. Economists do not. Reporter Ruxandra Guidi reports from Caracas.

For our daily geography puzzler, we're tracking the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier.

Philanthropist Peter Karoff tells anchor Lisa Mullins that we Americans have an obligation to invest in the global community to create the kind of world we want.

Nearly 57 years to the day after an American soldier went missing in action in North Korea, his remains have returned home. Anchor Lisa Mullins visits the sergeant's home, where his nephew and sisters have kept his memory alive.

Indonesia's highly-rated TV show, "Little Preachers," was inspired by "American Idol" and other reality show imports. But "Little Preachers" has a purely local twist. It pits child preachers against each other in a contest of who can deliver the best Islamic sermons.