The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the Isle of Mann where a weeklong, hair-raising bicycle race is underway.

Host Marco Werman speaks with veteran record producer Joe Boyd. He was a key player in the London music scene in the 1960's. He says 1967 was the climax of the sixties in London. After that, he says, the idealism that infused the London counterculture started to fade away.

Clark Boyd is back at the helm for Tech Podcast 154. This is a special theme-based podcast. We'll listen to some of the reporting The World has done on the topic of global Internet censorship. Clark's off to London next week to Chair an Amnesty International event called Some People Think the Internet is a Bad Thing. Listen in for details on how you can participate as well.

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Russian president Vladimir Putin said today his country might point ITS missiles at Europe if the United States continues with plans to site a missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland. The World's Gerry Hadden looks at the escalating tensions between Moscow and Washington in the run up to the Group of Eight summit in Germany this week.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with non-proliferation expert Joseph Cirincione about the recent tense exchanges between Russia and the United States over missile defense in Europe. Cirincione says it's not just rhetoric. He sees the potential for a new arms race.

Today, a military judge in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, dismissed terrorism-related charges against a Canadian detainee charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan. The suspect was 15 at the time. The dismissal was on procedural grounds. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Muneer Ahmad, who represented the Guantanamo suspect until last week.

The World's Jason Margolis reports that climate change will top the agenda for world leaders at this week's G-8 summit in Germany. President Bush will be offering his own proposal for curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing that China has announced its own plan for tackling climate change. But it's stopping short of setting caps on greenhouse gas emissions. Chinese leaders say if the United States isn't held to such limits, then developing countries like China shouldn't be either.

The World's Jessie Graham reports from Tehran on the 18th anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini's death. The father of Iran's Islamic Revolution is still a central figure in the country's political life. His rhetoric can be still heard in the speeches of major Iranian leaders.