PRI's The World Jul 31, 2012

Honduras has been going through a rough patch and things are so bad that Honduran officials are considering to build an experimental city to give the country a fresh start.

Saudi Arabia has banned tobacco smoking in most public places, Aaron Schachter speaks with Laura Bashraheel, a reporter with the Saudi Gazette, about the ban.

Since German reunification in 1990, trillions of dollars have flowed to what was once East Germany. But now in tough economic times, some in the former West now question whether the investment is worth it.

The East German government saw the rise of skateboarding as an unwelcome Western influence. It is all the subject of a new documentary "This Ain't California."

The hashtag #twitterfail is trending today above #NBCfail, after Twitter suspended the account of an outspoken critic of NBC's coverage for more than 48 hours. Twitter and NBC have a partnership agreement for the Olympic Games. Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with media writer, blogger and teacher, Dan Gillmor.

Chinese social media websites have been busy with an outpouring of anger at the doping allegation against swimmer Ye Shiwen.

Anchor Aaron Schachter gets an update on the talk at the Olympics from The World's Alex Gallafent in London. Beyond the sporting news, Alex also takes a brief shopping trip to the official department store of the 2012 London games.

Broken records, dashed expectations, doping accusations. We bring you the latest news from the 2012 Olympic games. A new documentary chronicles the skateboard culture of the 1980s East Germany. And traditional Colombian music gets a multicultural mix up with Ondatropica.

Activists on the frontlines of Syria's war upload dozens of gritty, often graphic videos to YouTube everyday. The New York Times recently launched a new interactive page to put the videos in context. Site editor J. David Goodman talks with host Aaron Schachter.