Host Lisa Mullins speaks with film distributor Ken Naz about the cost of pirated movies to India's film industry, known as Bollywood. Indian movie producers estimate that pirated movies cost them a billion dollars a year - and that's just in the United States.

For today's Geo Quiz, we're looking for a river in central Asia that flows past the Uzbek city of Samarkand -- once a busy trading post on the ancient Silk Road.

Host Lisa Mullins reports that Cuban police broke up a peaceful sit-in today by a group of women demonstrating for the release of their jailed husbands.

Host Lisa Mullins discusses the outcome of Paraguay's presidential election with the US Ambassador to Paraguay, James Cason. Former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won the election, ending more than 60 years of one-party rule in Paraguay.

Fernando Lugo

The World's Gerry Hadden reports that piracy on the high seas is on the rise. European leaders are calling for a permanent international force to patrol trouble spots.

Adam Allington reports that local health authorities in the St. Louis, Missouri, area have launched a "smoking cessation" campaign aimed at Bosnian immigrants. Members of that community tend to smoke more than the general US population.

Host Lisa Mullins discusses the next president's national security agenda with Tate Nurkin, director of Jane's Strategic Advisory Services.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with author Rowan Gibson about how businesses can encourage innovation even if their host countries don't. Gibson's new book is called, "Innovation to the Core".

The World's Julia Kumari Drapkin reports that critics have long complained about the environmental costs of bottled water. Those costs are a concern when the bottled water come to the US from the Pacific islands of Fiji. But now the bottler of "Fiji Water" has an environmental plan to make "Fiji Water" carbon-negative.

The World's Matthew Bell reports on how the many factors that affect the price of food around the world have combined to create a global food crisis.