Gen. Petraeus in Iraq (2004)

Today General David Petraeus becomes commander of U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military forces in the Middle East and Central Asia. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Marvin Weinbaum, Scholar-in-Residence at the Middle East Institute and a former State Department analyst.

Central Florida is home to a growing legion of Latino immigrants who've become U.S. citizens. They've registered to vote in unprecedented numbers. The question is: Will they actually vote? And who will they vote for? The World's Jason Margolis reports from Orlando.

Correspondent Brian Bull reports that when it comes to choosing a final resting place, many Latino families in the U.S. choose to send their late relatives home -- to their country of origin. Some say it's a key step in ensuring peace for the departed's soul.

Intense diplomatic efforts are underway to try to find a solution to the latest conflict in eastern Congo. Tens of thousands have been displaced in just the past few days. Reporter Michael Kavanagh spoke with some of the displaced and sent this report.

Displaced Congolese who fled Laurent Nkunda's advance through Rumangabo

War in Congo

Our daily geography quiz.

Buddhists in South Korea are worried the president is trying to turn the country into a Christian state. Correspondent Jason Strother reports from Seoul.

We're looking for a small medieval city in Romania for today's Geo Quiz. The answer is Sighisoara, Transylvania. The area and its history inspired stories of Dracula. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from Anna Maria Ignat, a Romanian tour guide who's leading a Halloween tour of the city.

We dip into our mailbag and email to find out what listeners have to say.

The World's Amy Bracken profiles musician Manze Dayila. Originally from Haiti, Dayila lives in New York now. Manze and her band Nago Nation have just released a new CD called Sole or Sun.

Happy Halloween everyone. We've got lots of tech treats for you, starting with something called The Global Network Initiative, which has been signed on to by the likes of Yahoo, Google and Microsoft. Then, what is "clean" coal, and when will it be commercially available? Also, some new scientific studies of tsunamis, and an update on a project called Ushahidi. We end with a segment on low-cost solutions to disease diagnosis in the developing world.

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