Reporter Chad Bouchard has the latest on the earthquake that struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island today. The government is sending aid to Sumatra, but the extent of the damage done by the quake is still not clear.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Asia expert Jeff Kingston about the surprise resignation of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe is stepping down in the middle of a crisis over Japan's commitment to support the US-led military coalition in Afghanistan.

Several European countries supported the US war in Iraq by sending their soldiers there. Now most European countries are out or pulling back. The BBC's Steve Eke has the story.

Those keeping their eye on Russia got two surprises today. The country announced it's tested a powerful new bomb. And President Vladimir Putin fired his entire cabinet and appointed a new Prime Minister. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks to Mark MacKinnon, Moscow Bureau Chief for Canada's "Globe and Mail" newspaper about the two announcement.

Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us about a new Iranian TV drama called Zero Degree Turn. The show is opening up a new world for some Iranians, the world of Judaism. The 22-episode program is set during World War II. It follows the lives of a Muslim man studying in France who falls in love with a French Jewish woman.

A Hong Kong-based human rights group says thousands of former soldiers rioted in China last week. The former soldiers were being re-trained to work for China's national railway system. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's China correspondent Mary Kay Magistad about what caused the riots.

Producer Claudia Villa tells the story of a teenager named Edgar, who entered the United States illegally from Mexico three years ago. Edgar wrote his story down for a local radio station in northern California. Then he disappeared. But he left behind a 20,000-word manuscript about his journey.

Where in the world will we go today?

For today's Geo Quiz, we were looking for a city in the foothills of the Cariboo Mountains in Canada. The answer is Williams Lake, British Columbia. People in that part of Canada is hoping that this coming winter will be a frigid one. That's because a deep freeze is what's needed to kill off a tiny predator that's been eating away at their forest: the mountain pine beetle. The World's Andrea Crossan has more.