Kate Moran

Julia Kumari Drapkin profiles Kate Moran, a scientist who studies the history of climate change in the Arctic. Her team has also found potential sources of oil and coal. If exploited, those resources could actually contribute to the global warming that is rapidly melting Arctic ice.

Scientists from NASA say the earth's arctic ice is thinning at a rate must faster then previously thought. Earlier predictions suggested the ice would disappear by the year 2040, but new data suggest the Earth's Arctic ice could be gone in 5 years. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out from from NASA scientist, Jay Zwally.

Arctic summer melting in 2007 set new records

London's Evening Standard newspaper is hoping to boost sales by making it easier to buy its newspaper. Now commuters who are scrambling to get onto the London subway or 'Tube' won't have to scramble for change to purchase their daily paper. The BBC's Chris Vallance has the story.

The violence in Kenya is drawn along ethnic lines. That's got Kenyans from all backgrounds re-examining their own ethnic identity. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from Kenyan journalist and author Binyavanga Wainaina.

J. Frazer

The top US diplomat for Africa today called the violence in Kenya's Rift Valley "clear ethnic cleansing" against the country's Kikuyu ethnic group. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer said Kenya's two main political leaders -- the president and the main opposition leader -- had done enough to stop the violence that's consumed the country for a month now. The World's Jason Margolis reports.

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Scottish band, Shooglenifty has been playing good time roots music peppered with Scottish-isms for 17 years. Their latest CD, "Troots," is no exception. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets a lesson in translation.

The answer to today's geo quiz is Israel. The country will soon celebrate its 60th anniversary. Officials there have invited remaining Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to mark the occasion. The invitation comes 43 years after Israel refused to let the Beatles perform in the country. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Israeli journalist -- and Beatles fan -- Rachel Michaeli.

US plans for a 700-mile fence along the US-Mexico border have hit a snag in Brownsville, Texas. Dozens of property owners there are refusing to open their land to surveying by the Department of Homeland Security. Yesterday a judge ordered ten of those property owners to cooperate. Meanwhile, other landowners in Brownsville can't wait for the fence to be built. Correspondent Will Everett has the story.

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