PRI's The World Apr 11, 2012

Marco Werman hears about the attempt by Islamic militants to set up a jihadi training camp in Oregon in the 1990s, from Les Zaitz, senior investigative reporter for the Oregonian newspaper. The camp is in the news again because of the planned extradition from the UK of a militant Islamic cleric connected to the ranch.

For the Geo Quiz, we are looking for a glassy, triangular building that rises up more than 1,000 feet, enough to make it the tallest building in the European Union.

Marco Werman talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeremy Page, about the story of Neil Heywood, a British man who was found dead in a hotel room in China last November. Chinese officials now say that they suspect Heywood was murdered.

China's state-run media announced Tuesday night that a high-level Communist party chief has been demoted and his wife is being investigated in the murder of a British businessman.

One of the leading figures of the French resistance against the Nazis, Raymond Aubrac, has died his family says. Aubrac and his late wife Lucie became important members of Jean Moulin's underground Resistance movement in 1942.

One year ago, France banned traditional Islamic face veils. Reporter Arwa Gunja reports from Paris on how the restriction has affected Muslim women there.

Syria is in the middle of a civil war that is spilling over its borders, says Marc Lynch, author of a new book The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East. Lynch tells host Marco Werman there's still a "dim hope" of a negotiated settlement.

Syrian activist Omar al-Khani talks with Marco Werman from Damascus about the increasing militarization of the city and the resilience of the Syrian opposition.

Syria's government says it will halt military operations Thursday, but doubts over its commitment to a ceasefire remain. Also, a year after France banned traditional Islamic face veils, we hear how the restriction has affected Muslim women there. Plus, why so many people in Vietnam want to learn English.

In Manhattan's East Village, once a month, a crowd gathers in a low-ceiling, dimly-lit, hard-to-find club to pay homage to a music with deep New York City roots. The 11-member group is part of a group of people reviving interest in a Latin-soul musical hybrid called “boogaloo.”