Flavio SosaAnchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's Franc Contreras about the arrest of a leftist activist in Mexico. The activist has spear-headed months of street protests in the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. His arrest comes in the first week in office for Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon. Photo: The leader of a protest movement in Oaxaca state, is now in custody in a maximum security prison just outside Mexico City.

The BBC's James Rodgers reports from Moscow where the British authorities are pursuing their investigation into the death of a former Russian spy. Before his death, Alexander Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of arranging to poison him with the radioactive substance "polonium 210". Putin continues to deny any involvement.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, Barham Saleh. Saleh says a regional framework is needed to address the conflict, but he warns Iraq's neighbors against interfering in its internal affairs.

The man President Bush has chosen to be the new defense secretary tells a Senate committee that the United States is not winning in Iraq. Robert Gates says all options should be considered, but America will probably have to maintain a presence in Iraq for a long time. The World's Jessie Graham reports.

The World's Marco Werman profiles Turkish percussionist, Ayhan Sicimoglu, who's taken his love of Latin beats and fused them with elements from his homeland.

Anita Elash reports from Paris on the racial violence that has erupted in the world of soccer. At a recent match between France and Israel, a French police officer shot and killed a soccer fan while the officer wase trying to protect a Jewish fan.

The World's Alex Gallafent reports on a new study in Europe that examined the differences between the song of the city bird and the song of the country bird.

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David Sommerstein of North Country Public Radio reports on the expansion of Venezuela's discounted home heating oil program to more than 160 American Indian tribes. The Saint Regis Mohawk tribe in upstate New York is one of tribes taking part.