The global economic crisis is a big blow for the diamond industry. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Tom Burgis, Southern Africa correspondent for the Financial Times.

The BBC's Gary Duffy reports that despite economic woes, Brazil's plastic surgery industry continues to thrive.

Some of Gandhi's former possessions are to be sold at auction in New York. His great-grandson tells host Marco Werman why he's trying to raise funds to buy the objects himself.

Oscar-winning films "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Smile Pinki" focused on poverty in India. Some charities have already tapped into the films' popularity to steer donations to India's poor. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.

Pakistan is seen as a hot spot for extreme Islamic beliefs. But most Pakistanis follow a gentler, more tolerant form of Islam, based on Sufi mysticism and folklore. The BBC's Barbara Plett reports from Lahore.

Sufi devotees in Lahore: photo: Kamil Dayan Khan

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jennifer McCarthy, who's studying what it takes to survive in drought- and poverty-stricken northern Afghanistan. As part of her thesis, the Canadian academic is living on a dollar-a-day in the country's Faryab Province and writing a blog about it.

Taliban resurgence

Corey Takahashi reports on a California company that sells Korean tacos from the back of a truck. Fans of this fusion of Mexican and Korean flavors go on-line to find out where the truck will show up next.

Audio Slideshow: Kogi Korean taco truck

Our daily geography puzzler.

Syrian-born Monzer al-Kassar is one of the world's most notorious arms dealers. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Benjamin Weiser, who's covering al-Kassar's trial for the New York Times.

For our Geo Quiz today we were looking for a city in Sweden that is home to car-maker Volvo. The answer is Gothenburg. Singer-songwriter Maia Hirasawa has written a song about the city on her new CD. She speaks to anchor Marco Werman about it.