A major conference on climate change in Washington DC and the view from China, India, and South Africa. Mexican drug cartels go online. A cheesy webcam in England. 365 suggestions for how you can make the world a better place. And, careful where you leave your footprint: the British police are watching. Intermixed within it all, some good ole' fashioned banjos from Nashville.

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Johann Johannsson, a composer from Iceland and the author of "IBM 1401 - A User's Manual." It's an ode to one of IBM's earliest computers.

For today's Geo Quiz, we were looking for one of the 82 islands that make up the Republic of Vanuatu. The answer is Tanna, where some people are waiting for the return of a mythical American serviceman named John Frum. Correspondent Phil Mercer reports.

The 10-day Berlin Film Festival ends tomorrow. It's been known as a forum for artistic freedom and political commentary. But now, the organizers of the festival are being criticized for letting the festival get too commercial. Reporter Ethan Lindsey has the story.

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The World's Aaron Schachter reports on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the Middle East. Rice is scheduled to meet with Israel's prime minister and the Palestinian president on Monday. But the meeting is now complicated by the prospect of a new Palestinian unity government that includes the militant group Hamas.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jasmila Zbanic -- the director of the movie "Grbavica". The movie is about the aftermath of war in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. It tells the story of a woman struggling to keep her 12-year-old daughter from finding out her father's identity.

In an effort to bring the world's leading polluters to task, about 20 countries have signed a resolution to limit greenhouse gases by 2009. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from BBC environmental analyst Roger Harrabin in Washington.

The Pentagon has detailed allegations against David Hicks, an Australian accused of fighting for the Taliban. Hicks has been held at Guantanamo Bay for five years and has yet to go to trial. The Australian government is taking some heat over the matter. The World's Matthew Bell has our story.

An Italian judge today indicted 26 Americans and 5 Italians on charges of kidnapping a suspected terrorist in Milan in 2003. The case is a challenge to the US practice of "extraordinary rendition." The World's Gerry Hadden has more.