Anchor Marco Werman speaks to the leader of the band Bajofondo. Gustavo Santaolalla says the band aims to connect with a universal, cosmic tango vibe.

What's Scotland's most famous street without bagpipes? Some on Edinburgh's Royal Mile hope it will be a little quieter. They've been complaining about noise from bagpipe-playing street musicians. Now police have told the street pipers they have to stop. The World's Carol Zall has the story.

Edinburgh's Royal Mile

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is New South Wales. The Australian state is the site of a high-profile drug trial. It became even more high profile, after the defense team discovered the jury was doing puzzles in the jury box. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with defense attorney Phil Stewart.

Mexican drug cartels are fighting over control of lucrative shipping routes into the US. The Mexican government has mobilized its Army to the region but some say that's drawn violence to both sides of the border. The Bush Administration wants Congress to approve 1.4 billion dollars to help Mexico battle the cartels. But Congress says it won't approve the funds unless they're tied to preventing human rights abuses by the Mexican security forces. The World's Lorne Matalon reports.

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For today's Geo Quiz, we want you to name the Australian state bordered by Queensland and Victoria.

China and Taiwan have made a landmark agreement aimed at easing travel to and from the island. Taiwan, which China regards as a renegade province, has billions of dollars in investments in China and tens of thousands of business people travelling to or working on the mainland. But getting back and forth has been time consuming and costly. Now there will be regularly scheduled charter fights.

Several years ago, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria began a massive investment in free anti-HIV drugs for AIDS patients in the developing world. Recently, the Global Fund joined up with Magnum Photos for a new exhibition documenting the lives of 30 people benefiting from the treatment. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with one of them, Thoba Nzima of Swaziland, and Magnum photographer Larry Towell.

The authors Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer have drawn fierce criticism in the US for their book, "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy." Some Jewish leaders have accused them of being anti-Semitic and anti-Israel. But that's not the reaction they got when they spoke in Israel this week, as Matt Gutman reports.

Tens of thousands of lawyers converged on the Pakistani capital today. They're demanding that their government respect the rule of law and reinstate the country's top judges. Anchor Marco Werman gets the latest from the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad.

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Iraq's prime minister today said talks with the US to set up a new security agreement are deadlocked. The World's Matthew Bell reports on what it might mean for the next US president.