Jason Strother reports from Seoul on the rise of online media in South Korea, and why the country's president isn't happy about it.

American Muslims have been stepping up their political activism in recent years in hopes of having a stronger voice in U.S. politics. Those efforts culminate today in Denver as the first American Muslim Democratic Caucus makes its appearance at the Democratic National Convention. The World's Matthew Bell reports from Denver.

Muslim Caucus: The first Muslim caucus at the Democratic National Convention.

PRI's The World: Finding the American Muslim Democratic Caucus from Clark Boyd on Vimeo.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is on her seventh trip to the Middle East, looking for some middle ground between Israelis and Palestinians. Lisa Mullins finds out more from The World's Quil Lawrence.

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The leader of Malaysia's main opposition party, Anwar Ibrahim, has been charged with sodomy for the second time. He's already spent six years in prison for the first case. But he's claimed victory in Malaysia's by-election today and will return to parliament. Reporter Simon Montlake has the story.

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The World's correspondent Mary-Kay Magistad reports on China's post-Olympics economic prospects in the face of high inflation, high energy costs, and sagging economies in the United States and Europe.

We continue with our occasional series on unofficial anthems from around the globe. Today, we hear the song "Canto a Avaroa" from Bolivia. Also, we asked to you name the five countries that border Bolivia in our Geo Quiz.

Those countries are: Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Peru.

The American Muslim Democratic Caucus meets in Denver, somewhere deep inside a downtown Denver hotel. And as The World's Matthew Bell and Alex Gallafent discover, it's not the easiest meeting in the world to find..

PRI's The World: Finding the American Muslim Democratic Caucus from Clark Boyd on Vimeo.

A look at what's ahead in The World's Convention Coverage from Denver

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Rumors and gossip about Barack Obama's faith have thrown many Americans' post-9/11 prejudices and misconceptions into sharp relief. Meanwhile, thousands of American Muslims are preparing for the election by registering in record numbers and working on political campaigns.

Stuart Harmon and Megan Thompson listen in as a group of Muslim American voters discuss the 2008 election. The Politics of Smear was produced for Open Call, a project of the WGBH Lab, a new media incubator at WGBH in Boston.