Germany has not been immune from the economic troubles. Reporter Susan Stone tells us of a Christmas shoppers market for the unemployed.

Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Afghan cartoonist, Hozhaber Shinwary. He left Afghanistan in the 1990s and now lives in Prague.

The World's Matthew Bell looks into the US military's plan to start arming Afghan militias... similar to its strategy in Iraq.

Today on The World: The US military considers arming militias in Afghanistan; a military coup in the West African nation of Guinea; and we visit the "other" Bethlehem.

And finally we look in the inbox for this week's listener letters.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the Tongue of the Ocean. Never heard of it? It's a 6,000 feet deep oceanic trench off the Bahamas. Its deep blue waters are visible from space. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders about his 1968 NASA mission to orbit the Moon, and his photograph called "Earth Rising" that he took on Christmas Eve 40 years ago.

Reporter Daniel Rosenberg tells us about an all-male Jewish choir based in Moscow. They call themselves Hassidic-Cappella.

Terry Fitzpatrick reports from Cape Town on an effort to save threatened South African penguins. One conservation group is building special nesting igloos so more of the penguins will make it to adulthood.

Our geography puzzler.

Like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President elect Obama is facing tough economic times, and an industrial challenge. While Roosevelt mobilized industry to fight a war, Obama pledges to mobilize to battle climate change. The World's Jason Margolis has more.