Bedouins inside Israel feel they're not treated fairly by the government and that has some of them identifying with Palestinians in Gaza. Some Israelis worry the Bedouins' could become radicalized. The World's Quil Lawrence reports.

Today on The World: Gaza's economic troubles are intensified by the latest round of violence; attacks against Roma minorities are on the rise in Europe; and the heavy impact of Colombian coal on miners and the country's environment

President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to end the war in Iraq and win the one in Afghanistan. In our New Year's Day special, The World's Jeb Sharp looks at how wars end and what lessons can be drawn.

How wars end series page

On today's Geo Quiz we were looking for a South African city that was once a way-station for the Dutch East India Company. The answer is Cape Town. That city's streets come alive this week with the sounds of marching minstrels. It's part of a new-year's tradition that dates back to the days when the Dutch forced people from Southeast Asia to work as slaves in Cape Town. Terry FitzPatrick sent us this report.

Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us why official timekeepers are adding an extra second to 2008.

2008 was a milestone year for China. The Summer Olympics in Beijing capped more than ten years of growing prosperity, prestige and influence for the country. But China also experienced some significant low points this year, including the crackdown in Tibet, scandals over contaminated milk ... and a slowing economy. The World's Mary Kay Magistad looks back at China's 2008.

Our daily geography puzzler.

A number of young Somali men have disappeared from Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Their families are concerned they've gone back to fight in the civil war that has plagued Somalia for nearly two decades. From Minneapolis, Todd Melby reports.

The World's Katy Clark reports on a recent wave of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo by a notorious rebel group from neighbouring Uganda known as The Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA. The LRA is believed to have been behind a Christmas Day massacre there that left 400 civilians dead.

Kris Holloway is the author of a book that has changed the lives of some of the poorest people in Mali. Lisa Mullins speaks with the author of: "Monique and the Mango Rains."