Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Ellen Silbergeld, professor of environmental health sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, about what scientists know so far about the swine flu virus, or "Influenza AH1N1." Some think industrial-size pig farms in Mexico may have played a role in creating the virus.

Global swine flu outbreak

The World's Lorne Matalon examines the psychological effect the swine flu outbreak has had so far on people in Mexico.

Lorne Matalon's Mexico stories

We start out all bookish this week. We hear about Google's plan to digitally scan every book in the world, and make those books available to everyone with an internet connection. Also, UNESCO wants in on that action too, with a project called The World Digital Library. Then, an in-depth look at e-publishing; are paper books a thing of the past? Then, we hear about some Internet filtering circumvention technology called Psiphon. And we end with Yahoo's bid to trick out bikes with net cams and geo-location software.

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Today on The World: The psychological effect of the swine flu outbreak on Mexicans; Also, the pressure grows for a US investigation of the alleged torture of terrorism suspects; How the head of Italian automaker FIAT could change things at Chrysler.

More than 700 million Indians are eligible to vote in the country's month long general election. It's the world's biggest exercise in democracy. To document the event, a BBC team of journalists have embarked on an 18-day train journey across the nation.

The World's Marco Werman profiles musician Theresa Andersson. She's originally from Sweden, but the singer has made New Orleans her home...and an inspiration for her sound.

For today's Geo Quiz, we were looking for the name of the Antarctic ice shelf that's gotten a lot smaller recently. A chunk of ice about the size of New York City has broken away and shattering into a mass of icebergs. The answer is the Wilkins Ice Shelf. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with glaciologist Ted Scambos.

Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien based in Britain have made their own version of The Lord of the Rings movie, but this one has made its premier on-line. The World's Alex Gallafent tells us about The Hunt for Gollum.

Our daily geography quiz.

The World's Aaron Schachter samples Lebanon's offerings of olive oil.