The World's Aaron Schachter reports on reaction in Lebanon to Barack Obama's interview on the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya satellite network.

President Obama gave his first formal TV interview since taking office to the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya satellite network. The World's Katy Clark assesses reaction in the Arab and Muslim world to the interview.

The former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where more than a million people lost their lives during World War II, faces an uncertain future. The memorial in Poland is now short of funds and crumbling away, Watch an audio slideshow on the the struggle to preserve the former Nazi death camp.

Today on The World: Reaction in the Muslim world to President Obama's TV interview on the "al-Arabiya" network; Also, the health price paid by Africans for the disposal of our old electronic devices; and China's leaders worry that job losses will spark social unrest.

The CD "Dub Colossus in a Town Called Addis" seems to indicate a return to Ethiopia's musical greatness. The World's Marco Werman explains.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the island of Cyprus. Muslim Turk Cypriots and Christian Greek Cypriots live on opposite sides of Cyprus. The island's divisions also extend to culinary matters. As The World's Aaron Schachter reports, Greek and Turkish Cypriots often disagree on what to call the island's traditional dishes.

A Latin passage has been used for years by typesetters -- and now web designers -- as a placeholder for future English text. The World's Alex Gallafent tries to find out how it became the dummy text of choice.

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Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Vivienne Walt, Time magazine's Paris correspondent, about the upcoming economic summit in Davos. The title for this year's forum is "Shaping the Post-Crisis World."

Here's a sobering thought for American homeowners: Japan went through 10 years of continual decline in real estate values in the 1990s. Many economists say there are strong parallels between Japan's "lost decade" and America's economy today. The World's Jason Margolis has the story.