The World's Marco Werman tells us about Jewltide, a musical alternative to Christmas.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Dubai. The World's Alex Gallafent recently visited the emirate's gold market and its indoor ski slope.

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Peru's President Alan Garcia is looking to promote legal uses for coca leaf. The crop is the main ingredient for the production of cocaine...and it's grown widely in Peru. The World's Ruxandra Guidi has the story.

The World's Sheri Fink reports on slum-dweller activists in the Indian city of Mumbai. These activists, who live in the slums, are fighting evictions and demanding better housing.

An anti-bias campaign run by the Virginia Interfaith Center is creating a stir in Richmond, Virginia. Signs featuring innocuous Arabic script with small English translations have been posted on buses and at colleges. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the Reverend Douglas Smith, head of the Center, about public reaction to the signs.

The French rock star Johnny Hallyday has announced that he's moving to Switzerland to avoid paying French taxes. Correspondent Eleanor Beardsley reports that Hallyday's move has become a political issue in France's presidential campaign.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced the creation of a joint Israeli-Palestinian committee to negotiate the release of Palestinian prisoners. Some Israelis view such a release as a concession to terrorists, while Palestinians consider it essential to the peace process. The World's Aaron Schachter reports.

Lisa Mullins speaks with reporter Lawrence Sheets about the sudden death of Turkmenistan's president. Saparmurat Niyazov ruled his country with an iron fist and developed a cult of his own personality.