Darfur advocates say they're increasingly worried about the humanitarian situation in Sudan's Darfur, now that President Omar al-Bashir has expelled 13 foreign aid groups. And they say they're concerned the Obama administration is taking too long to address the looming crisis. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.

When President Obama made his first public comments on the rescue of an American cargo shop captain from Somali pirates, he said "...I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of privacy in that region." Some have called it a presidential flub, but The World's Jason Margolis says maybe so, but it's not as straightforward as it seems.

In the past decade Spain has become one of the top countries in the world in the production of renewable power. Correspondent Cynthia Graber reports from Madrid.

President Obama visits Mexico tomorrow. He's scheduled to meeting with President Felipe Calderón before they both take off to attend the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad & Tobago. The World's Lorne Matalon reports.

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For the first time in more than 100 years, a pawn shop has opened in London's financial district. And it's being flooded with high end items as the financial crisis deepens. The World's Laura Lynch reports from London.

Switzerland's largest bank - UBS - announced massive layoffs today after reporting a $ 1.75 billion loss for the first quarter of 2009. Account holders worldwide continue to withdraw funds after the banking giant agreed to cooperate with foreign authorities investigating tax fraud. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jack Blum, a U.S. attorney specializing in tackling offshore tax abuse.

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Today on The World: Swiss financial giant UBS announces massive financial losses and major layoffs; London's financial district can boast at least one success story - a pawn shop that's being flooded with high-end goods, and the Vatican denies rejecting Obama's three nominees for U.S. Ambassador.

The Czech Republic has so far escaped the worst of the global recession, but it is beginning to bite now - worrying news at a time when the country's government has just collapsed. The BBC's Rob Cameron has been to the Petrof piano factory in Hradec Kralove, to see how a small, specialist company is coping with the crisis...and to listen to some piano playing.

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with banjo player Bela Fleck about his musical collaborations with African musicians. Those collaborations yielded a new album called "Thrown Down Your Heart."

For today's Geo Quiz, we wanted to know the name of the volcano that's erupting on one of the Galapagos Islands. The answer is La Cumbre volcano ... on the uninhabited island of Fernandina.

For today's geography puzzler, we're looking for the name of the volcano that's erupting on one of the Galapagos Islands.