Today on The World: The chairman of AIG goes before Congress to explain those controversial bonuses; Also, an ailing toy company in German becomes a symbol of the economic crisis in Europe; And an old slogan from World War Two is revived in Britain to comfort a nation hit hard by the economic crisis.

At the height of the Cold War, the secret police in East Germany, the Stasi, came up with a novel idea to recruit informants in the West. They sent out a number of dashing spies, nicknamed Romeos, whose job it was to seduce secretaries working in embassies and NATO. Once under their spell, the Romeos would trick the women into handing over secrets. Angus Crawford reports for the BBC World Service on the victims of Stasi's unusual methods.

For today's Geo Quiz, we wanted the name of a state in India that's handing out free cell phones to villagers -- hoping they'll supply timely information about rebel movements. The answer is the state of Jharkhand -- in northeastern India.

We hear from Craig Reece, of the Scottish vinyl-record label Starla Records. He says Starla likes to record Scottish artists doing their version of American soul and rock classics.

A British consumers' group says the amount of luggage lost or mishandled by international airlines is soaring. The World's Alex Gallafent tells his own tale.... and ponders what the lost bags are up to.

Correspondent Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow about the special relationship between Russians and their cell phones.

Our daily geography puzzler.

The BBC's diplomatic correspondent, Jonathan Marcus reports on reaction to a statement made by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today in which he said all countries, even Iran, have the right to nuclear power. The statement was part of a speech in which the Prime Minister championed nuclear energy as the way to save the planet from climate change.

The World's Lorne Matalon reports that on-going violence in Juarez has brought Mexico's war against drug trafficker's right up to the US border.

The United Nations has asked the creators and stars of Sci-Fi Network's "Battlestar Galactica" to take part in a panel discussion in New York this evening. Anchor Lisa Mullins asks The World's Clark Boyd... "why?"