Where in the world will we go today?

Slavery was abolished more than a century ago in the US. But yesterday, a jury in New York convicted a couple of enslaving their two Indonesian housekeepers. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Nancy Foner, a professor of sociology at Hunter College. She's an expert on immigration and domestic workers.

The World's Matthew Bell reports on the run-up to tomorrow's presidential election in South Korea. One candidate has dominated opinion polls in recent months, and is likely to score an easy win tomorrow. His victory could reduce anti-American rhetoric in South Korea.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Will Ross about the political shift in South Africa. Today, the country's ruling party, the African National Congress, passed over current leader, President Thabo Mbeki. It chose the ANC's vice president Jacob Zuma as the party's next chief.

The winner of this year's Miss Belgium contest got into trouble recently. She couldn't answer a question in Dutch -- one of Belgium's official languages. She speaks French, the country's other official language. But her linguistic misstep highlights the country's current identity crisis. Anchor Lisa Mullins explains.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Simon Cox about the scourge of spam e-mails. Cox tracked a junk e-mail message from his computer to the sender.

The World's Carol Hills reports that Guatemala has just revised its adoption laws. The Central American country is second only to China as a source of babies for American families seeking to adopt. But the legal changes will likely reduce the number of foreign adoptions in Guatemala.

The World's Katy Clark reports on the power struggle over the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The oil-rich city is an ethnic mix of Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen. And it's seen as a potential flashpoint for Iraq.

Hundreds of Turkish troops reportedly crossed over into northern Iraq today to battle against Kurdish rebels. The incursion came as Secretary of State Condoleezza made a visit to Iraq. The conflict puts the United States in a diplomatic tight spot. Both Turkey and the Iraqi Kurds are U.S. allies. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from Scott Peterson with the Christian Science Monitor.

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