The 7th century manuscript known as the St. Cuthbert Gospel was buried with St. Cuthbert at Lindisfarne monastery on the northeast coast of England in about 698 AD.
For the Geo Quiz, Global Hit combo, we are looking for a city in New Zealand where the funk-reggae band The Black Seeds is based.
The trial of mass killer Anders Breivik begins in Norway; Also, an 18-hour-long militant attack comes to an end in Kabul; Plus, the government in Singapore tries to get its citizens to loosen up.
Anders Behring Breivik, who carried out bomb and gun attacks in Norway last year which left 77 people dead, pleads not guilty at the start of his trial.
Survivors of last July’s massacre were at the opening of Anders Breivik’s trial on Monday. They had to sit through a very detailed recounting of what happened that day. As Laura Lynch reports, some of the survivors see the trial as the next step in their healing process.
The Asian city-state of Singapore is known for its strict social laws, including a ban on chewing gum. It’s not known for its sense of humor but as Kavita Pillay reports, Singapore’s government want people there to loosen up.
A new census of emperor penguins in Antarctica has found that there are roughly twice as many as had been estimated. But researchers say the new numbers don’t change the fact that Antarctic penguins are seriously threatened by climate change. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with researcher Michelle LaRue.
An Indian man who lost his mother when he was only five has found her 25 years later from his new home in Tasmania, using satellite images. The World’s Aaron Schachter explains.
A militant attack in a heavily fortified district of Kabul, Afghanistan, ended on Monday, 18 hours after it began. Shafiullah Afghan – formerly an official with Afghanistan’s police force – tells host Lisa Mullins that Afghan forces with help from NATO worked carefully to repel the attack.
Animal rights is a big issue in Germany. And how Germans slaughter animals is strictly regulated. But Germans’ concern for animals also has a dark side. The Nazis vilified the Jewish method of slaughtering animals. And today Germans are intolerant of the tradition of its four million Muslims. David Hecht reports.
The World’s Alex Gallafent remembers Alex Cassie, who’s died aged 95. Cassie was an officer in the British RAF who was captured by the Germans during World War Two. His document-forging work in a prisoner-of-war camp was immortalized in the movie “The Great Escape.”
For Monday’s Geo Quiz, put on your military history thinking cap. Britain’s National Army Museum took a national poll recently to ask who was Britain’s Greatest Enemy Commander. Can you name him?
Irish rock music in the heart of Serbia is what the Belgrade-based band, Orthodox Celts plays. All members of the group are from Serbia and fill the clubs in Eastern Europe with their take on Irish standards and original music with their own Irish twist. Reporter Nate Tabak checked out one of their recent raucous shows in Serbia.
Syria’s ceasefire appears to hold in spite of new reports of violence; Also, reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe gives us her personal view of life in one of the world’s most dangerous cities, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; And Britian’s latest folk-pop sensation Ed Sheeran brings his music to the US.
Opposition activist Mousab al-Hamadee was among the demonstrators testing the limits of the ceasefire today in Hama, Syria. Al-Hamadee tells host Marco Werman that security forces started firing on the protesters as they converged at Hama’s Assi Square
