The World's Andrea Crossan introduces us to a country singer from up north. Justin Rutledge hails from the very urban setting of Toronto, Ontario.

For today's Geo answer, we were looking for the names of Canada's provinces between Vancouver and Toronto. The five provinces are British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. The journey across them covers approximately 2,755 miles. Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with one man who's made that journey. He's Daryl Adair, author of The Canadian Rail Travel Guide.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Many of Gaza's key border crossings with Israel have been closed since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip last month. That's sent the local economy into a tailspin. Now, U-N officials are warning that Gaza is on the brink of a total economic collapse. Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with John Ging, who directs the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.

The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports that young Chinese are becoming sexually active at an earlier age than previous generations. But China's youth get relatively little guidance from school or from their families when it comes to sex. And they know little about contraception and AIDS prevention.

A British company called Vertu has come out with a line of high-end phones that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece. The phones are hand-crafted and encrusted with rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. Anchor Aaron Schachter finds out more from Chris Harris, Global Marketing Director for Vertu.

Matthew Brunwasser reports that Bulgaria has officially asked Libya to transfer five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor now in prison in the North African country. The medics were sentenced to death for allegedly infecting 400 Libyan children with the AIDS virus. But this week, the sentenced was reduced to life in prison. And now Bulgaria wants the medics to serve their time in a Bulgarian jail.

Daniel Pearl

Mariane Pearl, the widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, is suing one of Pakistan's largest banks. She alleges that Habib Bank knowingly conducted financial transactions for extremist groups linked Pearl's killers. Anchor Aaron Schachter get details on the case from Jodi Flowers, an attorney working on the case.

There have been a series of bomb attacks targetting the Pakistani army this week. It's a backlash against the army's storming of a radical mosque in Islamabad last week. Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with writer William Dalrymple about the current political climate in Pakistan.

The World's Katy Clark reports on today's Congressional briefings on what's happening in Iraq. The top US diplomat in Baghdad told Senators that some progress is being made, though he said "fear" is the prevailing sentiment in Iraq.