Matt Steinglass reports on the case of a young Vietnamese software engineer whose political activities appeared to have cost him a job with IBM.

There were more anti-government protests in Burma (or Myanmar). Today's were the largest since a pro-democracy uprising was crushed by the Burmese military in 1988. Today, the country's military rulers threatened to take action against the protesters -- especially the monks who've been leading the daily marches. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the latest from Charles Petrie, the UN's humanitarian coordinator in Myanmar.

Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us about a British man who was caught going over a 100 miles over the posted speed limit. That's a UK record.

Surgeons in Australia are reporting a surgical first today. Doctors in Canberra say they used cutting edge technology to remove a life-threatening aneurism from the brain of a patient...all while the patient was awake. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the story from BBC reporter Phil Mercer.

The One Laptop Per Child Project set out to put a laptop computer in the hands of some 2 billion children in the developing world. But the project faces challenges that have raised the price of each laptop. That's why it announced a "two-for-one" offer today. Cyrus Farivar explains.

Anchor Lisa Mullins remembers the late French mime Marcel Marceau and an interview he gave to The World a few years ago.

W. Maathai

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai about climate change. Maathai won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign to plant trees to prevent deforestation. Maathai says it's time for the United States to take the lead in addressing climate change.

The United Nations held a summit on climate change today in New York. Among the issues that were discussed was global deforestation. Some developing nations are proposing that rich nations like the United States pay them to protect their rainforests. The World's Jason Margolis reports.

September 24, 2007 full program