The World's Alex Gallafent checks in with commentators around the globe to see what they make of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

Abortion is legal in India, within the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Now some Indians want to change the law to allow later abortions in certain cases. The BBC's Tinku Ray has the story.

A daring operation took place this week through one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. Thousands of international troops worked together to deliver a massive hydroelectric turbine to a site in southern Afghanistan. The BBC's Alastair Leithead has the story.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's Laura Lynch about a U.S. project in southern Afghanistan that aims to deliver electric power to a million and a half people in the region.

One of the Bush Administration's biggest foreign policy achievements was to have been a nuclear deal with India. That deal, though, could be derailed this week in Vienna, by a meeting of a group called the Nuclear Suppliers Group. The NSG governs international nuclear commerce, and members worry the India deal might result in an expanded nuclear weapons program for that country. The World's Katy Clark explains.

Bhabha Atomic Research Center near Mumbai

Pakistani authorities reacted with anger after troops reportedly attacked a village close to the Afghan border, just inside Pakistani territory. Pakistan blamed NATO forces, but NATO has denied involvement. Pakistan
called the raid a gross violation of its territory.
The Pentagon has refused to comment. The BBC's Shoaib Hasan has an update for anchor Lisa Mullins.

Sylvia Maria Gross profiles an Iraqi man who's served in the US Army and is hoping to be an American citizen soon. In fact, he's suing the US government to speed up the process.

Anchor Lisa Mullins explains why the Iraqi government wants to re-open the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.

Our daily geography quiz.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Geneva, Switzerland. The world's newest particle accelerator laboratory called the Large Hadron Collider is located near Geneva. Lisa Mullins speaks with Kate McAlpine, a science writer with the project and the author of a rap music video that explains the collider's goals.