Ben Gilbert reports from Beirut on how the city's residents have reacted to the recent fighting between political factions -- and how new fighting has erupted elsewhere in Lebanon.

Some international aid is starting to make its way to those in need in southern Burma. But it's more than a week since the cyclone struck the region. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Joe Lowry, spokesman for the Red Cross in Burma.

Anne Zuckerman is a teacher at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. She was on campus when the powerful earthquake hit. Host Lisa Mullins speaks to Zuckerman about the earthquake -- and about having to evacuate her apartment.

The World's Matthew Bell reports on the earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province today. Thousands are feared dead.

Today on The World: Thousands are feared dead after powerful earthquake hits southwestern China; a singing-shepherd in the Alps does his part to keep Yiddish music alive.