Today's Geo Quiz took us to Istanbul, Turkey. We wanted you to name the magnificent mosque with the six minarets. The answer is the Blue Mosque. The World's Alex Gallafent travelled there to learn more about Turkey's biggest city. He also sampled the vast array of street food available in Istanbul. That includes a tasty dish made from sheep's intestines that might make a tourist squeamish. But locals love it -- and you can hear the love in a popular song by Turkish pop star Mirkelam.

Anchor Marco Werman reads letters from World listeners.

The World's daily geography puzzler.

The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Islamabad on renewed calls for the Pakistani military to get out of politics. President Pervez Musharraf just recently stepped down from his role as head of the army. But the Pakistani military is under pressure to go further in the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's assassination.

Iraqis are impatient for things to get better in their country. They're impatient for the basics, like electricity, kerosene, food and gas. And many blame their elected leaders for their problems. That's making democracy a hard sell these days in Iraq. Reporter Adam Allington heard all of that during his stay in Ramadi, embedded with a group of US soldiers from Missouri.

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Marco Werman gets perspectives on the US presidential race from two foreign correspondents. Constance Ikokwu is Washington Bureau Chief for "THISDAY," a national newspaper in Nigeria, and Ruben Barrera is Washington correspondent for the Mexican news agency Notimex.

Matthew Brunwasser reports on the presidential election being held this weekend in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The election is turning out to be a political dogfight for Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC's Jeremy McDermott about the latest development in the saga of hostages held by leftist guerillas in Colombia. Today, Colombian authorities said DNA evidence proves that a 3-year-old boy who was thought to be one of the hostages was actually living in a foster home in Bogota. The boy was supposed to be part of a deal to release three hostages to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with two residents of the Kenyan capital Nairobi about how the violence and how it's affected their lives. One of our guests belongs to the same ethnic group as Kenya's president. The other is a member of the group that counts Kenya's main opposition leader as a member.

Kenya now faces a humanitarian crisis, following eight days of political and ethnic violence. Thousands of Kenyans have been displaced by the fighting. Meanwhile, the leaders of Kenya's two main political factions are starting to talk about reconciliation. The World's Matthew Bell has more.