Pakistani films used to provide an escape of sorts for those trying to forget about the troubles of the day. But now Pakistan's home grown cinema is struggling to survive. The World's Laura Lynch reports from Lahore.

More than one-and-a-half million Pakistanis are said to have fled the Swat Valley. Many are living in camps. Anchor Marco Werman gets an update on security and humanitarian conditions in Pakistan's remote regions from the BBC's Haroon Rashid.

Pakistani woman and her baby waiting to be registered at a refugee camp

Taliban insurgency

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been Washington's closest ally in Latin America for the past eight years. But now Uribe wants to change the Colombian constitution to run for a third term next year. And that has fuelled concern that he's turning into an autocrat. From Colombia, John Otis reports.

The World's Aaron Schachter reports on how the Arab media are evaluating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with President Barak Obama.

The World's Peter Thomson reports that Congress is considering its first major climate change bill - and the rest of the world may like what it sees.

Can Americans start thinking about cars the way European and Japanese do? Anchor Marco Werman puts that question to Clotaire Rapaille. He's a cultural anthropologist and marketing expert who worked with U.S. automakers.

President Obama today announced new, aggressive proposals to increase fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks. The World's Jason Margolis reports.

President Obama's announcement

Today on The World: President Obama announces new fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks; Why the declared end of war in Sri Lanka may not be the end of war there; and the Israeli prime minister's gift of Mark Twain.

We start this week with a look at how, and why, the European Union leveled a world of financial hurt on US chip-maker Intel. Wow, the EU dislikes someone more than it dislikes Microsoft! Also, journalist Roxana Saberi is released from prison in Iran, the Persian language blogs are buzzing. We'll have a sample. Then, Google Oceans tries to bring mapping help to endangered coral reefs. And finally, a very interesting MIT Media Lab project called SixthSense. No, it's not about seeing dead people. But it will display your email on an airport wall.

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You hear all kinds of musical fusion these days. But here's one you'd never expect. It's music by a quartet called the Stockholm Lisboa Project. Liana fronts the group and they perform Portuguese Fado with Swedish polska.