Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief Borzou Daragahi about plans to recruit thousands of new soldiers into the Iraqi Army.

Reporter Eric Mack catches up with San Francisco musician Michael Franti, whose trip to Baghdad, Israel, and the Palestinian territories inspired a new CD and a documentary film.

Today we're looking for the capital of India's state of Karnataka. Up until yesterday, the answer was Bangalore. But as of today, Indians are calling the city Bengaluru. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's India correspondent Sanjoy Majumder.

Today we're looking for the capital of India's state of Karnataka.

The World's Ruxandra Guidi reports on the Venezuela-based TV news channel Telesur. The channel was founded by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez as a Latin American alternative to US-based news channels like CNN. But some question Telesur's objectivity. A key concern is the station's partnership with the Arab satellite channel al-Jazeera.

The World's Andrea Crossan profiles the front runner in Nicaragua's presidential election. He's former president Daniel Ortega. The Sandinista leader is trying to win Nicaraguans over with a new image.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with an Afghan woman who goes by the name of Zoya. Zoya travels the world to speak on behalf of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. Zoya's life has been marked by the violence that has plagued Afghanistan since the Soviet troops invaded her country in 1979 and the Taliban regime took hold.

The World's Rob Hugh-Jones reports on the spread of a highly conservative form of Islam - known as Wahabbi - among British Muslims.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki stood up to Washington yesterday when he ordered the US military to lift its checkpoints around a Baghdad militia stronghold. Some say the move shows an effort by the Iraqi government to break free from US influence and stand on its own. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.