Many US news organizations are cutting their foreign bureaus and doing away with their foreign correspondents. Some online providers are hoping to capitalize on that void. But veteran journalists question whether bloggers and others can provide the depth of coverage needed. The World's Aaron Schachter has more.

Some news organizations are downsizing their foreign bureaus. Bloggers are ready to fill the gap, but many journalists say they lack an editor's hand. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Julien Pain. He's heading up a project for the France 24 News channel. Bloggers do the reporting, but experienced editors keep an eye on it all.

Where in the world will we go today?

A US based foundation wants to put the abandoned diamond beds of Sierra Leone to good use as rice fields. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Darci Glass Royal, executive director of the Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability, about the project.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Azerbaijan. It's one of the countries featured in a new book about the multi-billion dollar blue jean industry. It's called "The Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade." Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the author, Rachel Louise Snyder.

Today's global hit marries Scandinavian folk music, jazz, and poetry. The World's Ken Bader reports.

Entire program - December 11

The World's Katy Clark reports on the latest exchange of words between Washington and Tehran. Today President Bush demanded that Iran explain to the world why it had a secret nuclear weapons program.

Tell us what YOU think will happen in world affairs in 2008.

The US troop surge seems to have driven the group "Al Qaeda in Iraq" and other Iraqi insurgents from central and western Iraq. But now they've apparently regrouped in Northern Iraq. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the story from Andrew Tilghman, a staff writer with the Marine Corps Times.