Many US news organizations are cutting their foreign bureaus and doing away with their foreign correspondents. Some online providers are hoping to capitalize on that void. But veteran journalists question whether bloggers and others can provide the depth of coverage needed. The World's Aaron Schachter has more.

Nancy Greenleese reports on a new service for cell phone users in Italy. The service offers downloadable images of Catholic saints for people to display on their cell phones.

A new on-line game gives users a chance to test their vocabulary...AND help out in the global fight against hunger. The World's Technology correspondent Clark Boyd reports on the website "freerice.com."

The interior minister wants more surveillance

German authorities want the power to plant surveillance software on the computers of terror suspects. But German citizens are wary of letting the government loose on anyone's hard drives. The World's Gerry Hadden has the story.

The software program, Skype, has become one of the most popular "voice over Internet" programs. For SOME users, though, it's more than just a way to make a free phone call. They're using Skype to teach...and learn...foreign languages. Correspondent Cyrus Farivar has the story.

The World's Clark Boyd reports that two teams of scientists have announced that they have turned human skin cells into stem cells -- without destroying an embryo in the process. The announcement is a breakthrough for a field of research that has been stalled by ethical, political and practical concerns.

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Spain's King Juan Carlos and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez made headlines last week when the Spanish King told Chavez to "shut up" at a leadership summit. Actually he used a few more words than that, and as The World's Clark Boyd reports, those words have taken on a life of their own in cyberspace.

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Internet giant Yahoo settled a lawsuit filed in the US on behalf of two journalists who were arrested by authorities in China. The lawsuit alleged Yahoo was at least partly responsible. Technology Correspondent Clark Boyd has the story.

Officials in China today said their government is taking "cautious but resolute steps" toward allowing a freer press. This in a country where 29 journalists are currently serving time in prison because of what they reported. Still, some veteran Chinese journalists say things are getting better -- if slowly. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing.

The World's Alex Gallafent tells us about two technology correspondents that conducted opposite experiments. One man decided to disconnect himself entirely from the Internet for three days. The other decided to limit all his interactions with others to the online world.