The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports on China's response today to anew report by Amnesty International that concludes that China's human rights situation has gotten worse -- not better -- in the run-up to the Olympic Games.

Today on The World: China defends its human rights record; A new documentary celebrates the stuntmen behind South Korea's action films, and American rapper Snoop Dogg's enters the world of Bollywood musicals.

For today's Global Hit reporter Megan Williams tells us about a new Italian opera where the main characters are essentially mute. It's based on the 1950s movie "Miracle in Milan."

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the glamorous French Riviera resort city of Saint Tropez. Host Marco Werman speaks with Johanna Laurent of the Association Against Helicopter Noise, a group actively campaigning to limit the number of helicopters carrying celebrities to and from Saint Tropez.

Viktor Bout is a Russian businessman who's suspected of being one of the world's biggest weapons traffickers. Right now, he's in custody in Thailand. Simon Montlake reports from Bangkok.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Venezuela makes a lot of money from selling its oil. Yet despite the huge profits, the country still struggles economically. Lorne Matalon reports from Caracas.

Host Marco Werman talks to The World's Beijing Correspondent, Mary Kay Magistad. Mary Kay's view from her apartment window stretches only one block, thanks to the smog that's enveloping the city. That's a problem for Beijing with the Olympic Games just eleven days away.

For years, educated South Africans moved away to seek better job opportunities and to escape from the country's rampant crime problem. Now, those young educated South Africans are being drawn back to their homeland. Host Marco Werman speaks with Nicky Prins, who returned to Johannesburg after spending 8 years living abroad.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many Ukrainians left their country to find better jobs in the West. Now, some Ukrainians are reversing the pattern. They're heading home because of new economic opportunities in Ukraine. The World's Jason Margolis reports.