As Barack Obama prepares to take office tomorrow, he has worldwide recognition. But the president-elect has limited name recognition in one area -- China's Sichuan province. The World's Mary Kay Magistad sent us this audio postcard.

He's being called "Obama on the Maas River." Ahmed Aboutaleb is the first Muslim to become a mayor in Holland. Emily Kopp reports on this Muslim immigrant from Morocco who's shattering the political glass ceiling.

Peter Kimani offers our third inaugural poem from overseas. Kimani lives in Nairobi, Kenya.

Other inaugural poems

In the past few decades, recessions have largely been contained to specific countries or regions. But this time, the recession went global. The World's Jason Margolis explores why.

Global economic crisis

Britain announced a new rescue plan for its banks today. The government is preparing to inject tens of billions of dollars into the economy to try to encourage banks to lend more money to businesses and consumers. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Will Hutton, chief executive of the Work Foundation and author of "The World We're In."

Today on The World: Britain unveils another rescue plan for its banks; also, a look at why the current recession has gone global; and some in China's Sichuan province know about President-elect Barack Obama -- they just can't remember his name.