Corey Takahashi reports on a California company that sells Korean tacos from the back of a truck. Fans of this fusion of Mexican and Korean flavors go on-line to find out where the truck will show up next.

Audio Slideshow: Kogi Korean taco truck

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jennifer McCarthy, who's studying what it takes to survive in drought- and poverty-stricken northern Afghanistan. As part of her thesis, the Canadian academic is living on a dollar-a-day in the country's Faryab Province and writing a blog about it.

Taliban resurgence

Pakistan is seen as a hot spot for extreme Islamic beliefs. But most Pakistanis follow a gentler, more tolerant form of Islam, based on Sufi mysticism and folklore. The BBC's Barbara Plett reports from Lahore.

Sufi devotees in Lahore: photo: Kamil Dayan Khan

Oscar-winning films "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Smile Pinki" focused on poverty in India. Some charities have already tapped into the films' popularity to steer donations to India's poor. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.

Some of Gandhi's former possessions are to be sold at auction in New York. His great-grandson tells host Marco Werman why he's trying to raise funds to buy the objects himself.

The BBC's Gary Duffy reports that despite economic woes, Brazil's plastic surgery industry continues to thrive.

The global economic crisis is a big blow for the diamond industry. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Tom Burgis, Southern Africa correspondent for the Financial Times.

Our correspondents in London, Beijing and Moscow give snapshots of the impact of the global economic crisis in those cities... and how the downturn is being portrayed and explained by the local media. We hear reports from The World's Laura Lynch in London, Mary Kay Magistad in Beijing and Jessica Gollaher in Moscow.

Global economic crisis

Today on The World: Anger and confusion in Moscow, London and Beijing about the local impacts of the global economic downturn; Slumdog Millionaire's multiple Oscars may prove a big win for charities that seek to aid India's poor; and followers of Sufism suggest their form of Islam could serve as a counter to growing fundamentalism in Pakistan.

The 31-year old rapper Terry Lynn is following in the footsteps of Bob Marley. She writes and sings songs about injustice in her hometown of Kingston, Jamaica. Reporter Madeleine Bair profiles Terry Lynn.