Under a program that targets illegal immigrants working in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security recently raided a pork processing plant in North Carolina. Twenty-one workers were detained. The World's Matthew Bell reports on the story from Tar Heel, North Carolina.

The Tech podcast is back after a one-week hiatus. On this weeks podcast... Getting your vitamins by eating more rice; genetically-modified rice that is. An elaborate maze of underground nuclear bunkers in Switzerland. What will tougher new vehicle emission standards in Europe mean for Detroit? Cement bricks that eat smog in Italy. The TV show “Friends” -- Chinese style and on the Internet. A new United Nations report on Global Warming and world attitudes about climate change. And make your wardrobe environmentally friendly!

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Philippe Baden Powell, pianist son of the late Brazilian guitar-great Baden Powell, just released his first CD, "Estrada De Terra" or "Dirt Road." The World's Marco Werman talks with Baden Powell about his new CD, his Brazilian roots and his move to France.

Today's Geo Quiz answer is the Caribbean country of Grenada. Their newly completed cricket stadium, which will host some World Cup cricket matches, was built and paid for by China.

The Stasi, East Germany's much-reviled Secret Police, is the subject of the German film, "The Lives of Others." Nominated for the Academy Award for best foreign language film, it opens in New York today. The World's Adeline Sire has the story.

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On Sunday Portuguese voters go to the polls in an attempt to ease one of the strictest abortion bans in Europe. The World's Gerry Hadden reports.

Under a program that targets illegal immigrants working in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security recently raided a pork processing plant in North Carolina. Twenty-one workers were detained. The World's Matthew Bell reports on the story from Tar Heel, North Carolina.

British philanthropist Sir Richard Branson is offering a pretty big carrot, $25 million dollars, to the inventor of a mechanism that will actively absorb and store carbon dioxide. The World's Lisa Mullins speaks with a British researcher about carbon dioxide and how it contributes to global warming. And keeping with the climate change theme, Marco Werman speaks with the CEO of Interface, one of the world's biggest commercial carpet manufacturers. Ray Anderson hopes to make his company more environmentally -minded without affecting his bottom line.

Pentagon officials undercut the intelligence community in the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq by insisting that there was a relationship between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. That's the conclusion of the Defense Department's internal watchdog. The World's Katy Clark explains.