President-elect Barack Obama holds his first press conference today. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Monica Toft, Associate professor of public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Simon Johnson of the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C.

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Today on The World: President-elect Obama holds his first news conference today; a new documentary captures the story of how a small group of Liberian women who helped bring an end to the nearly 20-year civil war in Liberia; and Russia's Volga sedan...once a Soviet status symbol...now a relic....

Reporter Nguyen Qui Duc reflects on Barak Obama's election victory and the ending of the Vietnam era. And we close our program with a new arrangement of a traditional song from Vietnam. It's performed by jazz guitarist Nguyen Le and singer Huong Thanh.

China's once-booming economy is slowing down. One indicator is the country's largest international trade fair. It takes place in the city of Guangzhou, the answer to the Geo Quiz. At this fall's event, manufacturers say the number of orders is way down. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports.

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Pilar MarreroAnchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Pilar Marrero of the Spanish-language newspaper "La Opinión" to find out the impact of first-time Latino immigrant voters on the outcome of the presidential election. Pilar Marrero is also a reporter with Feet in 2 Worlds, a project of the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School, which brings the work of ethnic media journalists to public radio.

Reporter Annie Murphy looks at the reaction in Bolivia to Barack Obama's election.

The BBC's Will Grant in Caracas looks at Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's take on the election of Barack Obama.

People in Sudan have mixed feelings about an Obama presidency. There's pride that a man of African descent has reached the White House. But as Heba Aly reports from Khartoum, there's also concern about the president-elect's aggressive talk about Darfur.

South Africans are ecstatic about Barack Obama's success in the presidential election. But as Rhoda Metcalfe reports from Capetown, there's also admiration for a system where the losing candidate admits defeat so graciously.