A Colombian peace advocacy group, the New Rainbow Corporation, says the FARC rebel group is still a danger to the security of the country. It says despite recent setbacks, the FARC still operates in 74 areas of the country and has thousands of armed fighters. Conrad Fox reports.

Archaeologists in Afghanistan say they've uncovered the remains of a 62-foot statue of the Buddha. Marco Werman speaks with art historian Eveyln Nagai Berthrong about the find.

Growing civilian casualties in Afghanistan are costing the Karzai government public support. That's according to Human Rights Watch. Anchor Marco Werman puts the notion to Brigadier General Richard Blanchette, spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul.

Have U.S. efforts in Afghanistan been a failure?

The World's Quil Lawrence reports from Kabul, Afghanistan, on what Afghans expect a new Pakistani president will mean in the fight against the Taliban. The Taliban use parts of Pakistan as a safe haven for attacks across the border in Afghanistan.

Today on The World: What a new president in Pakistan could mean for the war in Afghanistan; Also, France pushes for a diplomatic solution to the stand-off between Russia and Georgia; and the world of sumo wrestling in Japan is rocked by a drugs scandal.

Are these people climate change 'early adopters'? Some scientists think so. Residents of one low-lying Filipino village have lived with permanent flood waters for the last four years. As the BBC's Michael Barker says at the top of his TV report, the images of their daily lives are reminiscent of the movie Waterworld...

Watch Michael Barker's BBC TV report