Isreal's president Shimon Peres met President Obama at the White House today. The World's Aaron Schachter reports on reaction from Israelis and Palestinians.

Our daily geography puzzler.

In Egypt, the government has responded to the swine flu outbreak by ordering the slaughter of all of the country's pigs. Residents of one Cairo slum say the move will do nothing to protect Egyptians from the virus, even as it destroys their livelihood. Aya Batrawy reports from Cairo.

Mexico's finance minister estimates that the swine flu is going to cost the country's economy more than two billion dollars. The World's Lorne Matalon speaks with a number of Mexicans about how the outbreak may not have hurt their health, but it certainly hurt their wallets.

Either Van Gogh cut off his ear, or Paul Gauguin did it for him. Art historians can't decide. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details.

The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports that only a third of Cambodia's population is fully literate. The Cambodian government blames the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge. Others blame current government corruption.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Sarah Chayes, advisor to the commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force, about the outbreak of fighting in western Afghanistan today. Dozens of casualties have been reported just one day before Afghan president Hamid Karzai is set to meet with President Obama at the White House.

The World's Katy Clark reports on the threat posed by the Taliban to Pakistan's stability, and how that is of grave concern to the United States.

Thousands are fleeing Pakistan's Swat Valley, after renewed fighting between Pakistani army forces and Taliban militants. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the latest.

Today on The World: Fighting breaks out in Pakistan's Swat Valley between the government and Taliban militants; Also, Cambodia's low literacy rate is blamed on government corruption and the Khmer Rouge; and a pig slaughter in Egypt threatens livelihoods in a Cairo slum.