We hear an excerpt from a recent interview given by Benazir Bhutto to The World. In the interview, Bhutto spoke about the dangers she faced in returning to Pakistan.

The World's Aaron Schachter reports on Benazir Bhutto's life and significance as a political leader in Pakistan.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Owen Bennett Jones, who has covered Pakistan politics for years, to get the latest information about Benazir Bhutto's assassination today. The former prime minister was the victim of an attack at a political rally in the city of Rawalpindi.

Entire program - Dec 27

Today's Geo Quiz sent us in search of the ashram where the Beatles went to meditate in 1968. The answer is Rishikesh in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The ashram has fallen into disrepair. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Maggie O'Hara, who runs a school for destitute children in India. O'Hara is mounting an effort to expand her school on the site of the abandoned ashram.

Western-style health clubs are making inroads in India. And that means some there are turning away from traditional style gyms. Correspondent Deepak Singh reports from the city of Lucknow.

The wife of China's second most powerful leader is under fire for her rich taste in jewelry. There are reports she recently bought a pair of earrings worth a quarter million dollars. That kind of conspicuous consumption doesn't quite match the Community Party's public line. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from Mark Magnier, a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times in Beijing.

The World's daily geography puzzler.

A Cincinnati pastor found himself at the center of the immigration debate. This past summer, some illegal immigrants fleeing a raid at a poultry plant in Ohio wound up at Reverend Larry Kreps's church. Kreps tells anchor Marco Werman that his church gave them sanctuary, though not everyone in the congregation thought it was a good idea.

Legal immigrants say their applications for permanent residency and citizenship in the U.S. have been delayed for years. Cy Musiker of station KQED in San Francisco has the story of one woman from Iran stuck in what she calls "immigration limbo."