Take an Argentine guitarist, a French ex-punk rocker-slash-soundtrack composer, and a Swiss electronica expert. Blend, whip and stir and you get the unique sound of Gotan Project. Host Marco Werman has today's Global Hit.

Today's podcast looks at a recent Amnesty International report that declares that the internet is the organization's new battleground against state repression. Also, we'll hear about a mountain of electronic waste in China. Plus, some Japanese game makers try to help older people stave off dementia. We'll finish off with, what else, some space noise. A must. All that, plus theme music from Spunkshine.

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Correspondent Ben Gilbert reports from one of Iraq's most violent and lawless regions, Anbar Province. The area in and around the provincial capital, Ramadi, accounts for at least a quarter of all the insurgent attacks in the country.

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The World's Jessie Graham reports on the case of four Kurdish men living in Harrisonburg, Virginia, who have been charged with violating a provision of the Patriot Act. The men say they did not know they were breaking the law when they transferred large sums of money to recipients in Iraq.

Today's date - 6/6/06 - may send shivers down the spine. But at least one theologian says that the numerical reference to the devil is pure superstition.

The World's Athena Desai reports on Iran's latest reaction to the package of incentives offered by the West. The package -- supported by the United States -- is designed to get Tehran to suspend its controversial nuclear activities.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks to the BBC's Rachel Harvey in Jakarta, Indonesia, about Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's visit there today.

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The top two candidates in Mexico's presidential race are in a virtual tie, so tonight's final debate may prove to be a tie-breaker. The World's Franc Contreras reports on what some are calling the most competitive presidential election in recent memory.