We hear from the members of the Afro-pop trio, Ashe: Marcel Adjibi of Benin, Cees van der Linden of the Netherlands, and American Martin Flores.

For today's Geo Quiz, we asked you to name an Italian island north of Sicily with an active volcano. The answer is the island of Stromboli. The World's David Leveille talked with some of the islanders about the volcano's eruptions just this week.

River blindness has robbed many people in the West African nation of Sierra Leone of their eye sight. The tragedy is that river blindness is easily treated...unless war and poverty prevent health officials from taking action. The World's Jessie Graham reports from Rotawa, Sierra Leone.

Merrill Lynch will take over most of the debt Nigeria owes private creditors in London. It's clear what Nigeria gets out of the deal, but not so obvious what the American investment bank will get in return. Reporter Matthew Cowley of Dow Jones News Wires in Jersey City has some insight into the deal.

Where in the world will we go today?

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in parliament today. He retains his hold on power...for the moment. The World's Gerry Hadden has more.

Neil Bartlett has adapted Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" for the stage. The British director has created a production that both hews close to the Dickens novel and re-imagines the London underworld of the 19th century. Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Bartlett about his conception.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

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Mr and Mrs Bumble (Remo Airaldi and Karen Macdonald)

Fagin's "Ingratitude" monologue (Ned Eisenberg)

Irwandi Jusuf Former rebel has been provincial governor of the Indonesian Province of Aceh for one month. His story is an unlikely tale of one man's transformation from political prisoner to elected official. We have more on the story from correspondent Jocelyn Ford in Aceh.

Lawyers for Australian David Hicks claim that he won't get a fair trial at a US military tribunal. Hicks is likely to be the first inmate at Guantanamo Bay to face a tribunal on terrorism charges. The World's Katy Clark reports.

Reports from Pakistan say the former Afghan Taliban defense minister, Mullah Obaidullah, has been arrested. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Barbara Plett in Karachi, Pakistan.