Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with CBC reporter David Common, who's aboard a Canadian warship currently patrolling the waters off the coast of Somalia in search of pirates.

The World's Jason Margolis reports on how the recession is affecting undocumented day laborers struggling to get by in Los Angeles.

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Environmental scientists are excited about ideas for reducing carbon in the atmosphere through geo-engineering. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details.

One of the participants at this week's Nobel symposium on climate change was Yuan Tseh Lee. He's a native of Taiwan who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1986. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with him about the meeting that just ended in London.

A 3-day Nobel Laureates Symposium just took place in London to brainstorm on environmental issues. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets an overview from the BBC's environment and science correspondent David Shukman.

US congressional delegates wrapped up their visits to China this week. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports that many delegates sound hopeful about working with China on climate change initiatives.

Ningxia has been labeled China's least energy efficient province

Today on The World: US lawmakers returning from China give positive reports on their talks on climate change; The trickle-down effect of the sinking economy on undocumented day laborers Los Angeles; and the Israeli government pushes for more housing in the West Bank.

A special "vacation" episode this week. We have two tech stories to start. The first is out of Antarctica, where the Belgians have built a base camp that produces all of its own energy by using a Scottish company's wind turbines. Then, an online movement to commemorate the life and death of Iranian blogger Omid Reza Mirsayafi. In honor of vacation, we take a break from tech. We talk about the enduring legacy of Sherlock Holmes, and we hear about an amazing new graphic novel that charts the journey of one photographer into war-torn Afghanistan in the mid-1980s.

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The World's Lisa Mullins introduces us to Ron Singh of the UK band, Kissmet. Singh tells us how his band mixes 1970s English progressive rock with classic Bollywood music from the 50s and 60s.

For today's Geo Quiz we were looking for Spain's second largest city. The answer is Barcelona, where the World Association of Newspapers is holding a conference right now. The topic is how newspapers are holding up in the age of the Internet. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Larry Kilman of the World Association of Newspapers.