Thousands of US troops were re-deployed into Baghdad this weekend as part of a plan to contain sectarian violence that's been spiraling out of control in the city. Host Marco Werman speaks with Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Johnson, spokesman for the multi-national forces in Iraq.

Some Chinese students were sent down to work on farms in the late 1960s during Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution. Forty years later, one group of students has returned to help the farmers who continue to struggle in poverty. The World's Mary Kay Magistad tells their story.

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The World's Kate Seelye reports on the plight of thousands of citizens left homeless by the fighting and destruction in Lebanon.

Host Marco Werman speaks with Michael Jankelowitz, spokesman for the Jewish Agency for Israel, about the thousands of Israeli children sent away to summer camps to protect them from the fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli forces. The move has brought together Jewish, Arab and Druse children who may not be used to living side-by-side.

Where in the world will we go today?

Host Marco Werman speaks with Wired Magazine's Brett Forest about the mysterious death of one of Russia's new rich elite. Vardan Kushnir was known as the "spam king." He made his fortune sending more 25 millions emails a day. He was recently found murdered.

Russia's Spam King

Today's answer is Zimbabwe, where panicked citizens are going on super-sized shopping sprees before a new bank note kicks in at the end of this month. Host Marco Werman finds out why from the BBC's David Bamford.

For today's Global Hit, reporter Anderson Allen explains how the National Air and Space Museum in Washington helped solve a dilemma facing musicians who perform Northern Indian classical music.

Correspondent Kate Seelye reports that some critics are pointing the finger at Syria and Iran for sparking the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.