The World's Alex Gallafent takes us to Turkey's largest city, Istanbul. City planners have some grand ideas for the city. One hitch, though...it's been hit by major earthquakes in the past, and it remains highly vulnerable.

The World's Lorne Matalon profiles Heinz Dieterich. He's a German leftist intellectual based in Mexico City who struck up a friendship with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Dieterich's ideology helped inspire Chavez years ago. Now Dieterich is critical of the Venezuelan president for refusing to listen to anybody who disagrees with him.

President Bush's makes his first visit as president to Israel as he enters his last year in office. The Middle East peace process is a big issue to tackle with just one year to go. But Mr. Bush is not the first American president to make bold foreign policy moves at the end of his term. The World's Jason Margolis reports.

The World's Quil Lawrence tells us what's on the agenda for President Bush's visit to the Middle East this week. Mr. Bush arrived in Israel today.

Entire program - Jan 9, 2008

Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us about French rapper Poison. He's written songs that criticize French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Now he's produced a song with a hip-hop producer who just happens to be Sarkozy's son.

We wanted to know the name of the sea off the west coast of South Korea. The answer is the Yellow Sea. South Koreans eat a lot of fish caught in the Yellow Sea. A large oil spill affected the area recently. The World's Matthew Bell spoke with some Korean fish merchants and at Seoul's most famous fish market.

Where in the world is the answer to our daily Geo Quiz?

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Dr. Julia VanRooyen, a surgeon who helps run a medical program aimed at helping victims of rape in Congo. The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's project at Panzi Hospital in eastern Congo trains surgeons to perform the delicate surgery necessary to help some of the victims of sexual violence.

The World's Jeb Sharp reports on the use of rape as a weapon of war in Congo. Women and children are being sexually attacked as part of an ongoing conflict in eastern Congo.