France's traditional three-course lunch is not the same during these hard economic times. Many French restaurant-goers are ordering less, leading to a rise in restaurant bankruptcies. Anita Elash has the story.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Tony Award-nominated Anna Deavere Smith about her on-going project called "On the Road: The Search for American Character."

The World's Jason Margolis reports on what the US presidential campaign looks like in Michigan, a state where "globalization" has become a dirty word for many voters.
Yipsilanti, Michigan: Abandoned store fronts line the streets.

The Obama and McCain campaigns are both targeting immigrants from Latin America. Kirk Siegler of public radio station KUNC in Denver tells us Latinos in Colorado are getting a lot of attention this week.
Door to Door: Ruth Sanchez of the non-partisan Latina Initiative tries to register Latino voters by knocking on doors in Commerce City, a suburb of Denver.

Our daily geography quiz.

The World's Adeline Sire reports on a little-known book of photographs depicting Galveston, Texas. The book includes pictures taken by the late French photojournalist Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Washington Hotel

We were looking for a wine-growing region in the northern half of Chile. The answer is the Limari Valley. One variety fo wine from there is sold under the label Palin -- spelled P-A-L-I-N -- just like Governor Sarah Palin's last name. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Sergio Reyes of the company Geo-Wines which distributes the label.

There is an unlikely rising young star in Syria. She's a Syrian-Armenian singer who counts the grand dames of American jazz as her influences. Jazz is not popular in the Middle East, but Lena Chamamyan is making a name for herself. The World's Aaron Schachter reports.

On the one-year anniversary of Burma's September uprising, when hundreds of thousands of monks caught the world's attention by protesting for democracy, the country's military junta continues to wage war against its own people and the crisis there has slipped back into obscurity. Frontline World reports.

A prominent publisher in Pakistan, under death threats from the Taliban, describes how difficult but crucial the U.S. role is there. FRONTLINE/WORLD correspondent Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy reports.