For today's Geo Quiz we're looking for the site of a famous battle between Russia and Sweden that took place 299 years ago. The answer is the Ukrainian city of Poltava. The World's Jason Margolis tells us that plans for a 300th anniversary commemoration are stirring up old feelings.

Lisa Mullins explains why British swimmer Steve Parry caused a stir in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Fans there mistook him for Olympic medalist Michael Phelps.

Video: UK swimmer Steve Parry on Tiananmen Sq.

Reporter Orin Gordon reports from Beijing on Jamaica's domination in short distance track and field events at the Olympics. There's a long tradition behind Jamaica's current top sprinter Usain Bolt.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt

China and Japan don't always display good sportsmanship when their respective sports teams play each other. But Chinese fans were remarkably well-behaved today as their Olympic baseball team was trounced by Japan. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports.

Our daily geography quiz.

Lisa Mullins speaks with correspondent Derek Stoffel about the upsurge in Taliban attacks in Afghanistan, specifically near the capital Kabul.

Reporter Matthew Brunwasser reports on one of the routes chosen by East Germans who wanted to escape their country during the Cold War. It went through Bulgaria, and held the promise of freedom. But many didn't make it.

Peter Hadfield reports on an effort by the Australian government to combat the smuggling of stolen scrap metal.

Lisa Mullins speaks with Edward Verona, head of the US-Russia Business Council, about the possible business implications of the current crisis in Georgia.

Russia and Georgia have accused each other of "ethnic cleansing" in the conflict over South Ossetia. Lisa Mullins speaks with Human Rights Watch researcher Anna Neistat, to find out if there is evidence to support these claims.