* Economic rescue around the globe
* British troops patrol in Afghanistan
* Indian call centers
* Trash to treasure in Brazil
Watch.

There are gatherings all over the country this month and next remembering the late Trappist monk Thomas Merton on the 40th anniversary of his untimely death. He said that any person off the street could have a deeply spiritual life, if they care to. Watch.

Time is running out for the Bush Administration, and they are making a last-minute push to instate new policy changes — a practice commonly known as “midnight regulations.” Watch.

Brett Shipp, television reporter from Dallas-Fort Worth’s WFAA, investigates what’s behind a series of deadly house explosions in North Texas. He traces the trouble to a piece of aging equipment that connects homeowners’ gaslines to their gas meters. Watch.

After 20 years of killing, war still rages in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s the deadliest war since World War II. Foreign Exchange takes a look at the latest attempts to end the fighting, and see efforts to help women brutalized by the war.

Helene Cooper (NY Times), Ceci Connolly (Washington Post), Pete Williams (NBC News), and host Gwen Ifill discuss:
* Congressional Ultimatum Sideswipes Automakers
* Treasury Secretary Nomination Jump-Starts Wall Street
* Obama Builds His Cabinet
Watch here. (Originally aired: 11/21/2008)

Wide Angle monitors the economic situation on every continent, to see how America’s financial situation is having repercussions everywhere. See post…

A former managing director at Standard & Poor’s speaks out on U.S. television for the first time about how he was pressured to compromise standards in a push for profits. Find out what was really going on behind closed doors at the credit rating agencies. Watch now.

NBR journeys to the Mississippi River to discover the role the river plays in present-day America. Does it remain integral to the American economy? Can it contribute to the greening of U.S. industry? Watch stories on hydropower, the fishing industry, and transportation.

* Financial upheaval and reaction around the world
* Who are these Somalian pirates?
* Week in review with an expert roundtable
* Plan for Canada’s polar bears
Watch.