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For today's Geo Quiz we were looking for the landmark piazza in the Italian city of Venice. The answer is Piazza San Marco or Saint Mark's Square. It's one of the lowest points in the city...and currently under feet of water after two days of record flooding. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with shop owner Robert Caruti to finds out how the city of canals is coping.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Phillip Martin reports on how the election of Barack Obama might help bring together African-Americans and African immigrants in New York City.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's David Amanor, who's based in the African country of Ghana, about how Barack Obama's presidential win has prompted discussions there about what it means to be black or white.

Linda Gradstein reports on former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose party is leading in the polls ahead of the country''s next elections in February.

Anti-government protesters in Thailand have ended a week-long occupation of Bangkok airport...and it's now set to reopen. The World's Traci Tong tells us why that's good news for the tourist industry in Hawaii

Decades of clearing forests, overusing water resources, and climate change have brought desert conditions to what was once Chinese farmland. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Ningxia, China.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Mouin Rabbani, contributing editor of the quarterly "Middle East Report," about the potential for peace between Israelis and Palestinians during the Obama Administration.

Indian investigators say the Mumbai attackers had months of commando training by the Islamist group, Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan. The group has long fought Indian rule in Kashmir. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from New Yorker journalist Steve Coll, who has reported on Lashkar-e-Taiba for years.