Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks to members of the musical group The Hay Brigade. They mix Appalachian folk music with Irish jobs and Scottish melodies.

Today on The World: The search for solutions to the escalating problem of piracy off the Horn of Africa; Also -- a trend in union negotiations in France when talks come to a standstill, workers take their boss hostage; and a gold mine in Romania could be worth billions...but it also poses an environmental threat.

The World's Katy Clark looks at the options available to protect ship crews from pirates off the Horn of Africa. Some observers say ship crews should be armed or protected by military force.

Piracy attacks off the East African coast

Piracy is only one hazard for shipping companies. A much bigger threat right now is the collapse of the market. The BBC's Adam Mynott has been trawling the waters of Europe to figure out how the shipping industry is doing.

Recent labor unrest in France has seen the rise of a new trend in labor-management relations. Some French workers are holding company executive's hostage. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from journalist Ann-Elisabeth Moutet.

Mexican lawmakers recently passed a bill that says it's a federal offense to threaten or murder a journalist. That says a lot about how dangerous it is for journalists to cover issues like corruption and drug-trafficking in Mexico. The World's Lorne Matalon reports.

Lorne Matalon's Mexico stories

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Annie Murphy in Bolivia to find out why President Evo Morales is on a hunger strike.

The BBC's Duncan Kennedy reports on today's open-air mass in L'Aquila for victims of Monday's earthquake in Italy.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Jacob Resneck in Tbilisi, Georgia, about the continued protests there. For the second day in a row, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to demand that the country's president step down.

A Canadian company has a plan to dig for gold in Romania. It wants to re-open a giant mine there. But as the World's Aaron Schachter reports, the company's plan to use cyanide in the mining process has upset some of the mine's neighbors.

Audio Slideshow: Mining for gold in Romania