Today on The World: Barack Obama's shifting stance on getting US troops out of Iraq; The story of interned Japanese-Americans during WWII who turned to baseball; and Spain's unofficial national anthem.

Antonio Neri Licón, Milenio, MexicoPresumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has built his political message on Iraq around a theme: bringing American troops home. But the Illinois senator has begun to moderate his position, leaving him open to attacks from left and right alike. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with New Yorker staff writer, George Packer.

Bill Gates steps down from the day to day management of Microsoft. We find out what people aroudn the world make of his legacy. Then, Icann decides to expand the Domain Name System. Good idea? Pandora's Box? Both? Also, how much would you pay to take a tour of Chernobyl, site of the world's worst nuclear disaster? And we end with Nol -- think of it as a text-message version of Esperanto. And yes, a tribute, of sorts, to the advent of podcast 200. Yeah, rah.

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Noriko Tujiko layers electronic music with Japanese pop sounds. Tujiko makes her home in Paris and that's where reporter Sarah Elzas caught up with her.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Quebec's capital, Quebec City. It was founded 400 years ago today by Samuel de Champlain. Anchor Marco Werman gets details on today's commemorative events from CBC reporter Catou MacKinnon.

For today's Geo Quiz, we're looking for Canada's oldest city.

The World's Aaron Schachter reports on how Hezbollah's power hasn't diminished in south Lebanon. Two years after its war with Israel, the Iranian-backed militant group is stronger than ever.

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The rescue operation represents a huge victory for the government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. It's also one more in a series of disasters for the rebel FARC movement. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with John Otis of the Houston Chronicle. Otis, who's in Bogota, provides details of the rescue and intelligence operation that secured the release of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages held by Colombia's FARC rebels.

Chef and TV host Jose Andres speaks with anchor Marco Werman about the legendary Spanish chef Simone Ortega, who died yesterday at the age of 89.