The World's Jeb Sharp reports on the debate over CIA drone attacks in Pakistan. Proponents say the unmanned aircraft are essential for killing suspected members of al Qaeda and the Taliban. Critics say the drones kill too many civilians and contribute to the destabilization of Pakistan.

The World's Jason Margolis has the latest in our series of reports on how the recession is affecting immigrants in California. Today, we focus on the immigrant nannies who work for the stars in Hollywood.

Series page: Immigration during times of recession

The legacy of Marcel Marceau is on auction in Paris. Hundreds of items once owned by the legendary French mime are being sold by his family to pay off debts he accumulated before his death in 2007. Genevieve Oger reports from Paris.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a US congressional delegation in China this week. High on the agenda is climate change. The World's Mary Kay Magistad examines whether Pelosi can be effective in talks with Chinese officials given her past criticism of China's human rights policies.

The World's daily geography puzzler.

Jacob Fenston reports on a Paris high school that is offering classes in the Creole French spoken in the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. This is a first for France.

The World's Patrick Cox speaks with Laurel Zuckerman, an American who has written a book about her failed attempt to become an English teacher in France.

For today's Geo Quiz we were looking for Spain's second largest city. The answer is Barcelona, where the World Association of Newspapers is holding a conference right now. The topic is how newspapers are holding up in the age of the Internet. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Larry Kilman of the World Association of Newspapers.

The World's Lisa Mullins introduces us to Ron Singh of the UK band, Kissmet. Singh tells us how his band mixes 1970s English progressive rock with classic Bollywood music from the 50s and 60s.

A special "vacation" episode this week. We have two tech stories to start. The first is out of Antarctica, where the Belgians have built a base camp that produces all of its own energy by using a Scottish company's wind turbines. Then, an online movement to commemorate the life and death of Iranian blogger Omid Reza Mirsayafi. In honor of vacation, we take a break from tech. We talk about the enduring legacy of Sherlock Holmes, and we hear about an amazing new graphic novel that charts the journey of one photographer into war-torn Afghanistan in the mid-1980s.

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