Three foreign nationals, including a nurse from Texas, are in custody in Argentina after apparently being duped into becoming drug mules. The common thread was love online.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Rich Maloof, who wrote a biography of Marshall called “The Father of Loud.”
Hundreds of Malian northerners meet in Bamako to demand weapons to fight back against rebels now controlling key cities.
A British terrorism suspect, held without trial for seven years, awaits a decision on whether he will be extradited to the US. Also, Syrian troops launch a heavy assault on Damascus suburb. Plus, we remember Jimmy Little, one of Australia’s best-known aboriginal musicians.
Two days ago, outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei launched weiweicam.com, a website where you could watch a live stream of the artist going about his daily activities at home. The authorities objected however, and the Weiwei cams are now off.
We are looking for a sacred city of the ancient Sumerian kingdom where archaeologists unearthed the world’s oldest love poem that is now on display in Istanbul.
Somalia’s National Theater, a symbol of hope, is destroyed by a suicide bomber. The Gaza Strip suffers debilitating energy shortage. And, did you hear about the stand-up comedian in Pakistan?
The National Theatre in the Somali capital, Mogadishu was the scene of a deadly suicide bomb attack on Wednesday. The theatre had just reopened after decades of neglect in war-torn Somalia. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle, one of the organizers of the theatre. He was in the theater when the bomb exploded.
Scientists recently discovered a baby woolly mammoth preserved in the frozen tundra of Northern Siberia. Nicknamed Yuka, the mammoth lived around 10,000 years ago.
The US announces a $10 million bounty for the head of a Pakistani militant group responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Colombia’s FARC rebels free their last military and police hostages. And the Ukrainian fascination with George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”
The US government is now offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a Pakistani man named Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who is accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
“Marley” is a new documentary on reggae icon Bob Marley. It’s due out later this month and is the first film to be authorized by the Marley family. Director Kevin MacDonald says the film focuses on Marley as a man rather than a musician.
Last month’s military coup in Mali set several things in motion prompting the head of UNESCO to state that a World Heritage site held by rebels in the north may be threatened.
Maal traveled the region with aid group Oxfam to witness first hand, the drought and food crisis there.
The US and other countries face challenges when it comes to supporting the rebels in Syria. China tightens its grip on internet use. And a group of scientists believes they have found evidence of first human-made campfire.
