The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing on China's measured response to North Korea's defiant actions over the last two days. China is considered North Korea's closest ally.

North Korea's strategic arsenal

Today on The World: North Korea test-fired more missiles today -- in spite of international condemnation of its nuclear and missile tests yesterday. A former American military contractor tells us about his five years in the Colombian jungle as a hostage of the FARC rebels. And a suburban home on Long Island doubles as the Consulate of San Marino in the US.

The World's Marco Werman reports on how some Bedouin musicians found some military debris in the desert from the 1967 Six Day War, and transformed the trash into percussion instruments for their band, the Bedouin Jerry Can Band.

The poem "In Flanders Fields" was written by a Canadian military surgeon during World War One. Flanders Fields is the answer to our Geo Quiz. We speak with Piet Chielens, a curator at the In Flanders Fields Museum in Belgium.

The guilty verdict reached against an Egyptian businessman surprised many in the country. As Aya Batrawy reports, it wasn't because of a lack of evidence, it was that Egyptians figured the rich and powerful could never be brought to justice.

Our daily geography quiz.

In the first of a four-part series, The World's Jason Margolis looks at the impact of the economic downturn on immigrant life here. California has roughly a quarter of the nation's 12 million undocumented immigrants. And many work out in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley. When hard times hit, they have little to fall back on.

Series page: Immigration during times of recession

An article in today's Boston Globe reveals that rescue teams trying to recover the remains of American pilots killed in the Second World War have some competition. World War II relic hunters are interested, not so much in soldier remains, but in the downed planes. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Globe reporter Bryan Bender.

Today, Iran again rejected freezing its nuclear program in return for a halt to further UN sanctions. Israel sees Iran's nuclear activities as a threat to its existence. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Shlomo Brom, a national security expert at Tel Aviv University, and former director of strategic planning for the Israel Defense Force.

China might appear to be the country with the most leverage over North Korea. But as The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports, China's clout with Pyongyang is limited when it comes to North Korea's nuclear ambitions.