Anchor Marco Werman speaks with retired Colonel Kenneth Allard, a military analyst and author of the book "Warheads," about US plans to deploy navy warships off Lebanon.

The US military says it's deploying warships off the coast of Lebanon. The move is seen as a show of support for Lebanon's pro-Western government. Critics say the US is meddling in Lebanon's affairs. The World's Aaron Schachter has more.

The kind of show you get once every four years...literally. Our Leap Year edition features an in-depth look at the Taliban's threat to blow up cell phone masts in Afghanistan. Also, a podcast exclusive interview with Helena Zinkham at the Library of Congress about their pilot project with Flickr. And we end with an update on an English gent who is blogging his grandfather's letters from the trenches of World War I. All that, plus Amplifico's STUDIO ALBUM...finally!

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Entire program - Feb 29, 2008

For today's Global Hit, drummer Steve Reid explains how his legendary career has taken him from Motown to Africa. Steve Reid's latest album is called Daxaar ... after the city in Senegal where he recorded the CD.

Today's Geo Quiz focuses on four cities -- La Paz, Bolivia -- Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania -- New Delhi, India -- and Sydney, Australia. The question is which one has the highest gasoline prices. We had reporters check them out. The answer is Dar es Salaam. A gallon of gasoline in the capital of Tanzania costs 5 dollars and 6 cents.

Reporter Nguyen Qui Duc speaks with people in Vietnam about Senator John McCain's quest for the US presidency. McCain was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, and many people in the country remember his efforts in later years to normalize relations between Vietnam and the United States.

Our daily geography quiz.

The World's Quil Lawrence reports that some public buses in Israel are segregated by gender -- men in front, women in the back. Some Israelis like the practice because it discourages unwanted contact between men and women. But some Israeli women complain the segregated buses are not marked, leading to abuse.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with LA Times correspondent Borzou Daragahi in Iraq about Turkey's military incursion into Northern Iraq. Turkish troops are on a mission to destroy bases in Iraq used by Kurdish militants to launch attacks inside Turkey.