The financial turmoil shaking major economies could hurt millions of people living on the edge. Experts examine the economic prospects in African nations already suffering from higher food and fuel prices.

The financial turmoil shaking major economies could hurt millions of people living on the edge. Experts examine the economic prospects in African nations already suffering from higher food and fuel prices.

A Jewish musical renaissance is taking place in Moscow. Reporter Daniel Rosenberg tells us about two musicians who perform Yiddish music in the Russian capital.

For today's Geo Quiz we wanted you to name an central European capital known for its spires. The answer is Prague, in the Czech Republic. A radio station there is at the center of a controversy over free speech. The World's David Leveille has the story.

For today's Geo Quiz we want you to name an central European capital known for its spires.

40 years ago, a U.S. military plane carrying nuclear weapons crashed in Greenland. A BBC investigation has found that one of the nukes was unaccounted for after the crash. The BBC's Security Correspondent Gordon Corera has details.

Video: Mystery of lost nuclear bomb

The story of Englishman Bill Lamin, who's been blogging his grandfather's World War I letters, inspired The World's Carol Hills to search out and blog her own grandfather's letters from the European frontlines. She tells anchor Lisa Mullins what she discovered.

Lt Paul W. Hills

November 11th 1918 marked the end of World War One. And today marks the end of a blog centered on the conflict. Englishman Bill Lamin has been posting his grandfather Harry's letters from the war -- 90 years to the day after they were written. The World's Clark Boyd reports.

Video: BBC report about Bill Lamin's blog

A Burmese court today handed down jail sentences to several activists involved in last year's pro-democracy protests. Fourteen of the protesters were sentenced to 65 years in prison. Others got sentences of 6 months to 24 years. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from Tin Htar Swe, head of the BBC's Burmese Service.

China's economy is growing faster than any other major economy in the world. But for many Chinese, that's no longer enough. The World's Mary Kay Magistad visited the factory town of Dongguan in Guangdong province.

President-elect Obama has vowed to close Guantánamo. Shutting down the prison camp will be the easy part. Figuring out what to do with about 250 detainees still being held there won't be so easy. The World's Matthew Bell reports.

Katy Clark's Guantánamo stories