Entire Program - May 1, 2008

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC's Adam Mynott about the U.S. strike against an Islamist militant leader in Somalia.

The World's Jeb Sharp reports on the factors influencing United States policy in Somalia. Critics say attacks like the one in Somalia today may undermine efforts to forge a peace deal there.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with BBC sports journalist Farayi Mungazi about this year's African Athletics Championships now under way in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Anchor Marco Werman tells us that movie special effects were born more than a century ago, with the "out-of-this-world" visions of French movie pioneer Georges Méliès. He talks with Brian Selznick, author of children's book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" and longtime fan of Méliès, about a new DVD collection of Méliès's films.

Scene from 'Chaudron Infernal' (1903)

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Hassan Fattah about an English newspaper that's just hit newstands in Abu Dhabi. Fattah, a former New York Times Correspondent, is deputy editor of "The National."

The World's Katy Clark updates us on Iraq War veteran Damean Vlasak's quest to earn a bachelor's degree back home in Massachusetts.

Damean Vlasak at the UMass Boston library

Our daily Geography Quiz.

A group of writers delivered a letter today to China's United Nations mission in New York. The letter urged the release of 39 Chinese writers and journalists believed to be imprisoned in China. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with playwright Edward Albee, one of the writers delivering the letter.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Sydney, Australia. Phil Mercer reports on a new exhibition on Sydney's raucous pub culture. The show just opened at the city's Justice and Police Museum.