CIA Director Hayden

CIA Director Michael Hayden told the Washington Post that al-Qaeda is "near strategic defeat" in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. But just how on the ropes is al-Qaeda? The World's Jason Margolis reports.

Today on The World: The Director of the CIA says al-Qaeda is "near strategic defeat" in Iraq and Saudi Arabia; Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration is hurting the children of undocumented families; A new book examines how Hollywood movie posters are adapted for marketing overseas.

Impressions of Calcutta from musician Debashish Bhattacharya. His new CD is called "Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey."

The answer to our Geo Quiz today is Accra, Ghana. The city is home to 13-year-old Isabel Kubabom one of the teenagers competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington.

We're looking for the capital of Ghana in West Africa for our Geo Quiz today.

Many people in the Amazon region want, and need, to grow food. Rainforest trees are in their way, so deforestation is the first step in starting a profitable farm. But some are trying to change that economic model. The World's Alex Gallafent reports from Brazil.

The World's Lorne Matalon reports that Mexico is struggling in its war on drug traffickers Violence along the border continues to escalate and recently a private intelligence report questioned whether Mexico is "on the road to becoming a failed state."

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Park Seo-Bo, the artist known as "the father of Korean abstract painting." The 77 year-old artist currently has his first ever exhibit in New York City.

Grieving parents in China are outraged over the number of schools that collapsed during the May 12 earthquake. Thousands of children died as a result. The parents claim government corruption was responsible. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports that Chinese officials are promising to find those responsible for the shoddy construction.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with British journalist, Steven Poole about the phrase "cluster bombs" and other war-related words. Poole is the author of "Unspeak: How Words Become Weapons, How Weapons Become a Message, and How That Message Becomes Reality."