President Obama heads to Europe next week for a G20 summit on the global economy. The World's Matthew Bell reports on what could come out of the meeting.

Global economic crisis

Today on The World: What international leaders hope to accomplish at the G20 summit next week; How China is trying to tackle its massive air pollution problem; and a doctor in Sudan pleads for international help as conditions there continue to decline.

The World's Marco Werman tells us about a program in Colombia called Canta Conmigo. It's a government program that provides music instruction to former guerilla fighters to reintegrate them into peaceful society.

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Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Yossi Klein Halevi, Israel correspondent for the New Republic, about whether recent events in Israel indicate a rise in nationalism.

Correspondent Linda Gradstein reports on a violent clash between Israeli Arabs and Israeli Jews in northern Israel today that left more than two dozen people wounded.

Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Peter Devlin, one of three British divers accused of stealing artifacts from a shipwreck off the coast of Spain. The divers say they were forced to plead guilty in a Spanish court today.

The World's Lorne Matalon tells the story of two city mayors -- one in El Paso, Texas and one in Juarez, Mexico -- who have joined forces to fight the drug violence that's made Juarez the most dangerous city in North America.

One impact of the global economic crisis in Ethiopia is a shortage of Coca Cola. Though it may not seem like a serious concern, the BBC's Elizabeth Blunt tells anchor Katy Clark why the Ethiopian government is treating it as a national emergency.