The health care industry is considered relatively recession proof. But not for everyone. In Los Angeles, many Asian immigrants are struggling to keep their health care jobs. The World's Jason Margolis reports.

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The World's Alex Gallafent visits the Consulate of San Marino in New York, located in a suburban home on Long Island.

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President Obama's selected Sonia Sotomayor to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with David Stras, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, about the selection, and about Judge Sotomayor's use of international legal precedent in her work.

The World's Marco Werman presents the just-released CD by two of Cuba's greatest living musicians, Pablo Milanes and Chucho Valdes. For today's Geo Quiz, we were looking for the body of water where Cyclone Aila gathered strength. The massive storm went ashore in India and Bangladesh...but it began over the Bay of Bengal -- the answer to our quiz.

Pakistanis are all too familiar with suicide bombings. Two years ago former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed in one such attack. But recently the profile of a suicide bomber changed. Pakistan's authorities say Taliban is now recruiting children and teenagers as suicide bombers. Owen Bennett-Jones has been investigating for the BBC World Service.

The record label that brought Bob Marley, Roxy Music and U2 to the world's attention has turned 50 - and as part of the celebrations a month-long exhibition, Island Life, opened in London on May 22nd. With the help of archive interviews with Island Records' founder Chris Blackwell, and artists including Bryan Ferry, Jimmy Cliff and Bono, the BBC dug through the label's back catalog to tell the Island story.

Today on The World: Pakistan blames the Taliban for a deadly attack in Lahore today; Also, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi goes to China to talk about climate change; And hundreds of items once owned by French mime Marcel Marceau are auctioned to settle old debts.

The government of Pakistan is blaming Islamic militants for an attack in the city of Lahore today that killed or wounded hundreds. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the details from the BBC's Barbara Plett.

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Taliban insurgency

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with journalist, Nicholas Schmidle, who spent two years in Pakistan, often covering the conflict among local militants. He's also witnessed the rise of the Taliban in certain areas. Schmidle's new book probes the complexities of Pakistan. It's called "To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan".