Entire program - Jan 4, 2008

Our first 'cast of 2008 features a cracking lineup. First, to the Central Indonesian highlands to hear how good old radio is making an impact on people's lives. Then, a California company works to bring low-cost, reliable wireless internet access to the developing world, and beyond. Then, to Scotland, where we'll hear about a new campaign to place public service announcements in video games. And finally back to the United States, for a profile of an animation school run entirely online. Fun, fun, fun.

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For today's Global Hit, reporter Zoe Corneli tells us about a nine-woman music ensemble in northern California that's helping to keep Ukrainian folk traditions alive.

Today's answer is Lake Titicaca, where a balloon artist has set himself afloat in a massive heart-shaped balloon. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details.

Cyrus Farivar reports on a Silicon Valley company that helps to set up low-cost wireless networks around the world. The company started as a student project at MIT.

For today's geo quiz we're searching for a mountain lake on the border between Bolivia and Peru.

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has asked Britain's Scotland Yard to help investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The request has drawn criticism, but it's not the first time Pakistan has sought help from The Yard. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from Mazhar Zaidi, a senior producer with the BBC's Urdu Service.

Today, Pakistan's president vehemently denied his government was complicit in last week's assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The question came from foreign journalists. Pakistani journalists are still operating under restrictions imposed during last year's state of emergency. They can't report stories deemed critical of the government. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Islamabad.

Under Islamic law, a man can divorce his wife by saying, "I divorce you" three times. But does it count if he makes the declaration by text message? As anchor Lisa Mullins explains, that's now being debated in Egypt.

Germany is considering a ban on so-called forced marriages. The legislation is aimed at the large community of Turkish Muslims living in Germany. The World's Gerry Hadden has more.