The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports on the controversy surrounding an online video of schoolchildren in China chanting a nationalistic poem. Some in China are attacking the teacher online. They say he's trying to indoctrinate his students.

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Masha Lipman, a political analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Moscow, about the view from Russia of the standoff with Ukraine over natural gas supplies.

The flow of Russian natural gas through Ukraine was completely shut off today. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of interrupting supplies. Meanwhile, gas for heating is in short supply in many European countries, especially in the east. The World's Gerry Hadden brings us the latest developments.

Correspondent Nishat Kurwa reports on an Indian dance master who started teaching in California in the early 1970s. At the time, his students were "flower children." Now his students are the children of south Asian immigrants who want their kids to learn about Indian culture.

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The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder tells anchor Lisa Mullins about the latest scandal to hit the financial world. The chairman of India's outsourcing giant Satyam resigned today after admitting that the company's been falsely inflating its profits for years.

The World's Jeb Sharp takes us back through some recent history to help understand the current crisis between Israel and Hamas.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Salwa el-Tibi, who's in Gaza. El-Tibi is program director for "Save the Children," a relief organization that delivered aid to people in Gaza during today's three-hour truce.

Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the latest on the conflict between Israel and Hamas from The World's Quil Lawrence, who's at the Gaza border. There was a three-hour break in the fighting today. Both Israel and Hamas are reportedly considering a ceasefire, but there's no agreement yet.

Gaza conflict

Today on The World: Israel and Hamas consider a ceasefire, but there's no agreement yet; A major outsourcing company in India admits to massive financial fraud; and Europe suffers from the cold, as the flow of natural gas from Russia is cut off.

The World's Marco Werman plays a sample of Calypso funk and soul music from the 70s, and found that the musicians had a lot on their minds 30 years ago.