Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with an Iraqi journalist who works in Baghdad for an American newspaper bureau. She and five of her colleagues in Baghdad were given a "courage in journalism award" in New York this week.

Turkey's efforts to rout out PKK rebels in Northern Iraq are meeting with anger and contempt by local residents. The World's Quil Lawrence reports from the border between Turkey and Northern Iraq.

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After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, many Iranian musicians settled in Los Angeles, or "Tehrangeles" as it is sometimes called. Now they're sending techno music with a Persian flavor back to Iran, and what's known as the Tehrangeles sound is filling the airwaves. But as Will Everett discovered on a recent trip to Iran, at least one musician is going after a quieter, more thoughtful sound.

Bookstore cafes in Iran are known as hang-outs for intellectuals, students and writers of all types...much as they are here in the US. But authorities in Tehran closed down four book store cafes this week. The government claims they violate laws governing mixing of trades. Anchor Aaron Schachter finds out more from Reza Baraheni, one of Iran's most acclaimed living writers.

For today's Geo Quiz we were looking for a region of the ocean at or near the equator. It's an area of low pressure -- and a tough spot for sailors. The answer is the Doldrums. Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with sailor Clay Burkhalter, who just completed a solo ocean race that went right through the Doldrums.

Correspondent Yuriko Nagano reports from this year's Tokyo Motor Show, where the world's car makers are unveiling new models they say will be kind to the environment.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Private security firms like the US-based Blackwater employ thousands of workers in Iraq. Some of those firms provide security guards who work inside US military bases driving trucks and guarding the mess. An unexpectedly large number of those workers come from Uganda. Reporter Sarah Grainger finds out why.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was on Capitol Hill today defending the State Department's work in Iraq. Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform charged that Iraq's government is riddled with high-level corruption, and the State Department isn't doing enough about it. The World's Matthew Bell reports.