Host Lisa Mullins speaks with reporter Martin Smith about the PBS-Frontline special airing tonight, entitled "Return of the Taliban." While following the story, Smith spent months in Pakistan interviewing current and former Pakistani and Talabani officials, including President Pervez Musharraf.

The World's Aaron Schachter reports from southern Afghanistan on new challenges for girls attending school there. A Taliban resurgence in the region has left some students fearing for their lives if they continue attending classes.

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This week's podcast comes to you from the Wired NextFest in New York City. Jason Margolis looks at all the newest technologies on display. The latest robots, looking to put your local bartender out of work. A surgical experiment in zero gravity. Bringing the Internet to rural Filipino seaweed farmers. Nomadic Mexicans using lanterns, powered by energy. New games, where the joystick is controlled by your brainwaves. And the airline boarding passes of tomorrow.

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Correspondent Matthew Brunwasser reports on a small Bulgarian town where heavy metal still rules.

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Today's answer is Elista, the capital of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The London Telegraph's chess correspondent Malcolm Paynes about an international championship that's taking place in Elista this month.

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The World's Gerry Hadden reports on the European Union's proposal to make European wines more competitive with wines from America, New Zealand, and Australia. But some French vintners aren't happy with the plan.

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The World's Franc Contreras reports on Mexico's reaction to the US plan to build a 700-mile fence along the US-Mexico border. Last Friday the Senate passed a bill by a vote of 80-19.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with scientist Christina Galitsky about a new development in energy-efficient cooking she hopes will help the women of Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region escape the threat of violence. Every day women and girls must travel far from their camps to gather firewood for cooking. Many are assaulted by bandits.