Also, concerns about Al-Qaeda’s growing influence in Yemen. And North Korea’s most-famous “fictitious” punk rock star.
A would-be suicide attacker in a foiled “underwear bomb” plot was an undercover agent, reports from the United States say. US officials are quoted as saying the person dispatched by a Yemen-based cell of al-Qaeda to attack a US-bound plane had infiltrated the group.
The ‘underwear bomb’ plot is part of a bigger story about the growth of al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula. Near East scholar Gregory Johnsen tells anchor Marco Werman that AQAP has grown fast since the first underwear bomb plot was foiled two and a half years ago.
The plot wasn’t carried out because the designated bomber was reportedly a double agent working for Saudi intelligence and the CIA.
An eyewitness account from the Syrian city of Homs, where fighting continues despite the UN-backed ceasefire. Also, why antibiotic-resistant superbugs are emerging from India. And remembering Maurice Sendak.
Maurice Sendak, the US author of the best-selling children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, has died aged 83. He wrote some 17 books and was a prolific illustrator, but was best-known for his 1963 tale of Max, who became the “King of all Wild Things.”
India has become a breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant microbes, according to a story in the June issue of Bloomberg Markets Magazine. The World’s Marco Werman talks to reporter Jason Gale about what’s causing the problem and how India’s medical tourism industry could expose people worldwide to the resistant germs.
The Toronto-based band joins anchor Marco Werman in the studio to play songs and talk about their new album, “Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun.”
France pins hopes of economic recovery on its new President. Cooperating with both Republicans and Democrats may work against the re-election of Senator Richard Lugar. And why some Muslims are celebrating a Christian saint.
Anchor Marco Werman has news of an allegation concerning new Russian President Vladimir Putin: that a private palace has been built for him on the Black Sea coast, in secret and with public funds.
China and US reach a deal in the Chen Guangcheng case. Also, French President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares for a close run-off election this weekend. Plus, Rocket Juice and the Moon feature in the Global Hit.
Anchor Marco Werman tells us about the debut self-titled album from the new supergroup Rocket Juice and the Moon.
Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng strains US-China diplomacy as he changes his mind on remaining in China. Also, a Canadian mayor supports legislation that favors cars over bikes on the city streets. And a Korean rapper stages a comeback after an online slam damages his career.
A plan to build a new Guggenheim museum on the Helsinki waterfront has been rejected by politicians in Finland. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation proposed, in January, that it and the Finnish capital jointly develop a new contemporary art museum.
The World’s Marco Werman talks with the BBC’s Security Correspondent, Gordon Corera, about the release of documents recovered from the Bin Laden compound in Pakistan.
