Some say the militant group Hezbollah has a good chance of winning a majority in Lebanon's legislative elections next month. The World's Aaron Schachter reports on what the reaction in the US and Europe might be to a Hezbollah-dominated government.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Steve Metz of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania about the psychology of counter-insurgency and its applications in Afghanistan.

The BBC's Ian Pannell reports on the challenges facing a newly arrived US troops in Afghanistan. Pannell went on patrol with a unit of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, part of the first installment of additional American forces being deployed to Afghanistan to counter rising violence by the Taliban.

Today on The World: New US troops arrive in Afghanistan to confront the Taliban; Also, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces a new trial just as her current house arrest was about to end; And a pub in Dublin proves that old-style entertainment is as popular as ever in Ireland.

The World's Marco Werman introduces us to cellist Maya Beiser, who likes to play Led Zeppelin.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Matthieu Ricard, a French molecular-biologist-turned-Buddhist monk...and possibly "the happiest man in the world." Neuroscientists at the University of Wisconsin say Mr. Ricard had the most impressive emotional balance ever recorded on a brain scan. And the answer to today's Geo Quiz is happy as well...that's the town of Happy, Texas.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Two women in Moscow tried and failed this week to become the first gay couple to get married there. Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Shirin Ebadi, the Nobel Peace Prize winning Iranian human rights activist. Ms. Ebadi speaks about the case of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who was just released from a Tehran prison.

The establishment of the Sunni Awakening Councils were a key element in bringing some stability to war-ravaged Iraq. The BBC's Natalya Antelava now reports that the councils are feeling sidelined by Iraq's Shia dominated government.