Today is the last installment of The World's feature on music inspired by the AIDS epidemic. Correspondent Sheri Fink reports from Papua New Guinea on how music has responded to the AIDS epidemic there.

Host Marco Werman speaks with Adam Douglas, a London antiques dealer, about a rare copy of a letter written by Christopher Columbus on a return voyage from the New World. The 15th century document goes on sale next week. Our Geo Quiz asked what were the two big islands explored by Columbus on his 1492 voyage: The answer is Cuba and Hispaniola.

The recent earthquake in Indonesia killed more than 6,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. And a nearby volcano is threatening to erupt. Correspondent Orlando de Guzman reports on how some people in the affected region use mythology to explain the natural forces that threaten them.

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Correspondent Chip Mitchell reports on this weekend's runoff round in Peru's presidential election. Today international observers urged the two candidates -- former president Alan Garcia and retired army officer Ollanta Humala -- to moderate the tone of their campaigns.

Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Josephine Baker. Baker was a black American who became an icon in France. She was best known for dancing in a skirt of bananas, and nothing else. The World's Adeline Sire has this portrait.

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Celebration of the centennial birth
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Police in London shot and wounded a man today in what they are calling an "anti-terrorist" raid. The World's Rob Hugh-Jones has more from London.

The Iraqi government is asking the United States to hand over files about allegations that US Marines killed unarmed Iraqi citizens in Haditha last November. Host Marco Werman speaks with with University of Maryland professor Shibley Telhami.

A day after the United States, Europe, Russia and China offered Iran a package of incentives to freeze its nuclear program, Iran's president was quoted saying that his country won't give up its right to nuclear technology. Also today, US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte told the BBC that Iran could develop a nuclear weapon by the start of the next decade. Host Marco Werman gets reaction to these developments from Nasir Hadian. He's a professor of political science at Tehran University, and a close friend of Iran's president.