The World's Katy Clark reports on a study in today's New England Journal of Medicine that documents the leading causes of death for civilians in Iraq. The study authors say that execution-style killings represented the largest proportion of civilian deaths, but that aerial bombings were the single most deadly "event" for civilians.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World's technology correspondent Clark Boyd about the latest in the world of robotics showcased at the Robo Business 2009 Conference and Expo in Boston.

Audio Slideshow: Robo Business 2009

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Rachel Denber, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, about the current conditions in Chechnya as Russia officially ended its ten-year Russian military campaign there.

Russia announced today it is ending its ten-year military crackdown in Chechnya, claiming stability had returned to the region torn apart by two wars since the fall of communism. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.

Today on The World: A new study documents the leading causes of death for civilians in Iraq; Also, Mexico's drug cartels expand their reach into Central America; Plus -- Colombian singer-songwriter Marta Gomez.

Anchor Marco Werman takes us to a small nightclub in Bogotá to meet Colombian indy rock duo Aterciopelados.

Today's Geo Answer is Greencastle, Ireland, the first place in Europe to get the news that President Lincoln had died on this day 144 years ago. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from David Paul Nickles, U.S. State Department historian and author of "Under the Wire: How the Telegraph Changed Diplomacy."

Small companies all over the globe are hurting from the drop in consumer demand. One of those companies is the Petrof piano factory in the Czech Republic. The BBC's Rob Cameron reports on how the piano maker is dealing with the economic downturn.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Richard Owen, correspondent for the Times of London, about reports that the Vatican has rejected at least three of Barack Obama's picks for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. One of those on the list was reportedly Caroline Kennedy. The Vatican denies the reports.