A few stories about recycling, some products you might not have thought about too: chairs, kitchen counters, and jackets. Take a ride in Estonia on board a bus with Wi-fi. Thinking about plagiarizing music? Be careful. And Israeli rock.

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Marco Werman plays host to the son of the late Grammy Award winner from Mali Ali Farka Toure. Vieux Farka Toure became a professional musician over his father's objections. Now he performs with some of his father's musical partners. We'll hear Vieux Farka Toure play his music right in our studio.

We're looking for a country that's trying to break from a long tradition of tardiness. The answer is Peru.

Iran says it wants a negotiated solution to the nuclear stand-off with the West. But Tehran insists that any solution must recognize Iran's right to have a peaceful nuclear program. However there are voices within Iran calling for the country to step back from the nuclear stand-off. The BBC's Frances Harrison has more.

Where in the world will we go today?

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Jane Spencer about a gym in Hong Kong that's trying to harness the human energy expended in workouts to general electrical power.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Sheila Watt-Cloutier, a representative of the Inuit people, about the harmful effects of global warming on the Inuit traditional existence. Inuit leaders are arguing that the United States...as the largest producer of the world's greenhouse-gas emissions...is violating their people's human rights. They are taking their case to Washington.

Anchor Marco Werman has details about a newly-discovered letter that suggests the composer Richard Wagner may have been a cross-dresser.

The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports that many Indians who found economic success in the United States are now finding greater opportunity - and an easier life - back in India. That's because an economic boom is drawing Indian professionals back home.