The humanitarian group, Refugees International, released a report today that says Sudan's laws regarding rape are ineffective in helping victims in Darfur seek justice. Women in the region are being raped by Janjaweed militias on a mass scale. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from Adrienne Fricke, the report's author.

The BBC's Jim Muir reports that the residents of an Iraqi village are demanding US compensation for an incident last week. US attack helicopters fired rockets into the village of Kahlis north of Baghdad. The US military said the attack killed al-Qaeda militants. The villagers say those killed were victims who were protecting the village and working with Iraqi police. And they want the US to pay compensation to the familes of the dead and the injured.

Today's answer is Queens, New York. The World's Marco Werman profiles musician Pablo Mayor, a New Yorker by way of Colombia, and his group, Folklore Urbano.

Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us that an Egyptian mummy has been identified as Queen Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt's most powerful and longest-serving female pharaoh.

Correspondent Genevieve Oger tells us about an academy is the southern French city of Arles where young people can train to become professional bullfighters.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Gas stations were set on fire last night in Tehran, after the Iranian government announced it would begin rationing gasoline. The BBC's Frances Harrison reports from the capital, Tehran.

Anne Barker reports from Darwin, Australia on the start of Australian government's clampdown on child sex abuse and lawlessness in aboriginal communities. The clampdown has sparked fears that the Australian government is out to take aboriginal children away from their families.

Harvey Pekar is the creator of "American Splendor," a gritty comic about life in his hometown of Cleveland. But Pekar's latest work is about a very different place. It's called Macedonia, and it chronicles an American woman's journey to the Balkan nation. Heather Roberson wanted to find out how Macedonia managed to avoid the wars that tore apart Yugoslavia. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks to Pekar and Roberson about the project.