Trucks going to and from the United States travel some of Mexico's most dangerous roads. Freight companies must hire expensive security details to prevent hijackings and murders. The World's Lorne Matalon reports on Mexico's crime problem and the new cost of doing business there.

Looking for a way to make a little cash in these troubled times and have some fun in the process? How about owning a bar? Risky, but you don't have to invest in the whole thing, just a share. The World's Aaron Schachter explains from the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Guatemala's civil war lasted more than three decades. It left an estimated 200,000 people dead, and some 45,000 missing. Now a historic police archive has led to two arrests in the 1984 disappearance of one of those missing -- student activist Edgar Fernando Garcia. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World's Clark Boyd, who's been covering the archive story.

A different kind of war is being waged in Pakistan. And it has nothing to do with the military or US special forces. It's a battle of radio airwaves. The World's Laura Lynch reports from Islamabad.

Afghan president Hamid Karzai is falling out of favor at home and abroad. The British newspaper, The Guardian, reports today that the Obama administration would like to sideline the Afghan president. Anchor Marco Werman gets the details from Julian Borger, who wrote the story for The Guardian.

In Saudi Arabia, men and women can't mix in public. But women have to buy their lingerie from shops staffed by men. Now one Saudi woman has launched a campaign to change that. And she's calling for a boycott. The World's Jennifer Goren reports.

Our daily puzzler.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Belfast, Northern Ireland, the home of the Belfast Zoo. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with zoo manager Mark Challis, who's been trying to identify a woman who sheltered one of the zoo's baby elephants during the German bombing in World War Two.

The group Afterhours is one of Italy's top alternative rock bands. Anchor Marco Werman spoke to the band's leader at the South by Southwest music festival last week. They discuss the underground music scene in Italy and how Afterhours has earned praise from music critics.

Today on The World: Sweden bans executive bonuses; The mayors of El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico join forces to fight drug violence; and some rebels and paramilitaries leave Colombia's civil war - and take to the stage.