Anchor Marco Werman profiles Chilean musician and producer Jose Antonio Bravo -- better known on the airwaves in Santiago as DJ Bitman.

The World's Gerry Hadden reports on Italy's political crisis. Yesterday the country's center-left coalition government fell, after a raucous and -- some say -- undignified -- debate in the Italian parliament.

Today's answer is the Australian city of Sydney, where a summer arts festival is fully underway. Reporter Sheri Fink sends us an audio postcard.

Davos, Switzerland is getting a lot of attention this week as the site of The World Economic Forum. But it's also drawing other forums that are exploring other subjects...like the science of love. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The BBC's Economics Editor Even Davies.

Mexico's battle against drug traffickers is looking increasingly like a real war. The Mexican Army is involved, and traffickers are responsing with brazen attacks. The World's Lorne Matalon has the story from Mexico City.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks to Liz Pearson of Saveur Magazine about the best candy bars in the world, as rated by Pearson herself.

A journalism student in Afghanistan has been sentenced to death by an Afghan court on charges of blasphemy. Anchor Marco Werman gets the latest from Jean McKenzie, Afghanistan Program Director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.

There's been a lot of fear and anxiety this week as the world's financial markets took a number of plunges. Anchor Marco Werman looks back at the week and discusses what may be ahead with Philip Coggan, Global Markets Editor of The Economist magazine and Gabriel Stein, director of the London firm, Lombard Street Research.

BBC producer Nevine Malek reports on how access to basic goods from Egypt has changed the life of one Palestinian family living in a refugee camp in Gaza.

Thousands of Palestinians streamed into Egypt today, in spite of efforts by Egyptian authorities to close Gaza's southern border. Anchor Marco Werman gets the latest from BBC Gaza correspondent Aleem Maqbool.