How to succeed in Afghanistan

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President Obama is to announce his long-awaited decision on Afghanistan on Tuesday. It’s still not clear what he’ll say in his prime-time speech but yesterday the president said he will “finish the job” in Afghanistan. We ask experts on war and security how we will know when the job is done. Download MP3

• The Taliban insurgency
• Inside the Taliban
• Katy Clark on what if the US loses in Afghanistan
• Jeb Sharp on the mission in Afghanistan
• Jeb Sharp’s award winning series ‘How Wars End’

President Obama will go to Copenhagen

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President Obama is to pledge a cut in greenhouse gas emissions in the US in several stages, beginning with a 17% cut by 2020, the White House says. The offer will be made at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen, which Mr Obama will attend. Anchor Marco Werman talks with our environment editor Peter Thomson about the President’s mission in Copenhagen. Download MP3

• BBC coverage of the Copenhagen conference
• Environment coverage on The World
• White House statement on President attending conference

India’s Muslim community – part 3

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Mumbai is marking the first anniversary of coordinated terrorist attacks on the Indian city. On Thursday, a few big-name movie stars will join an inter-faith ceremony commemorating the dead. Mumbai dominated by Bollywood, and there are many Muslims both behind and in front of the camera. But the film industry rarely depicts their lives, in the final part of her series on India’s Muslim minority, Miranda Kennedy reports from Bollywood. Download MP3

• ‘India’s Muslim community’ series page
• BBC coverage of the Mumbai attacks
• Muslim star Emraan Hashmi (pictured) claims housing bias
• The series was funded by a grant from the International Reporting Project

American artists and Iceland

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Iceland has been one of the countries hardest hit by the economic crisis. One thing it still has going for it is its draw for American artists, writers and musicians. Writer Alissa Quart has the story. Download MP3

• Alissa Quart
• Olof Arnalds
• Roni Horn
• Eileen Myles

Britain’s inquiry into Iraq war

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On Day Two of a British inquiry into the Iraq War is generating fresh questions as to why Tony Blair pushed ahead with the invasion. The World’s Laura Lynch reports from London.

Israeli settlement freeze in West Bank

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with former Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller about the announcement today by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he will freeze Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank for ten months.

Political killings in the Philippines

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Correspondent Sunshine De Leon reports from Manila on a massacre that’s raising questions about the state of democracy in the Philippines.

Italy’s rock star of the year

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks to the editor of the Italian edition of Rolling Stone magazine about its selection of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as “rock star of the year.” The choice is seen as a not-so-subtle dig at Berlusconi’s lifestyle.

http://www.rollingstonemagazine.it/notizie/provocazioni-rockstar

Geo Quiz

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Our daily geography quiz.

Illegal letters in Turkey

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In Turkey, a law dating back to the 1920′s bans the use of the letters Q, W and X. The law was created for Turkey’s transition from the Arabic alphabet to the Latin one. But today, it’s used against Turkey’s ethnic Kurds. Matthew Brunwasser reports from Istanbul.

Geo answer — Norway’s new energy

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Our Geo Quiz asked you to name a northern European country with lots of places where fresh and salt water mix, and where a prototype “osmotic power plant.” The answer is Norway, as The World’s Marina Giovannelli explains.

Entire program – November 25, 2009

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Today on The World: A conversation with security experts about what it would mean to finish the job in Afghanistan, Bollywood’s version of Muslim life in India; and Italy’s Rolling Stone Magazine gives Prime Minister Berlusconi “rock star status.”