PRI's The World Mar 19, 2012

Maud is a famous three masted ship named after Norway’s Queen Maud. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen sailed the ship during his expeditions to reach the North Pole.

Dame Edna Everage, a lilac-wig wearing character created by Australian comedian Barry Humphries is set to retire. Humphries announced Monday that he is retiring the character.

A school district in rural Maine has been recruiting Chinese high school exchange students to help deal with a budget shortfall.

The controversy surrounding Kony 2012 and the recent admission from Mike Daisey that he lied about some of his work researching Apple’s production practices have triggered a debate whether the ends justify the means.

“Kony 2012″ is still going strong. The video about the Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony has gotten 83 million hits on You Tube since it was posted two weeks ago. The World’s Jason Margolis visited an 8th grade history class at Cambridge Friends School, a private school in Massachusetts, to get a sense of what the students there think of the film and its message.

A group of artists chose St. Patrick’s Day to mount their work on the side of a building in Dublin. The empty building was to be the headquarters of the failed Anglo Irish Bank.

Emad Hajjaj is a well-known cartoonist and a sharp commentator on events in the Arab world. He says the turmoil in the region is both a blessing and a curse for someone who makes a living from Arabic editorial cartoons.

International activists want to help Syrians by sending in caravans of humanitarian aid through Turkey and Jordan. It’s unlikely the food and medicine will reach their destination, but they hope their efforts will boost morale inside the besieged country.

Pierre Haski, co-founder of the French political analysis website, ‘Rue 89′ in Paris, says the attacks on French military personnel last week, and the Jewish school this morning will be a test for the candidates to the presidential election.

A lone gunman shot and killed a man and three young children at Jewish school in Toulouse, France on Monday. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Richard Prasquier, the president of France’s leading Jewish group. Prasquier visited the scene of the shooting with French president Nicholas Sarkozy.

Police in France investigate a shooting at a Jewish school that left one adult and three children dead. Also, what teenagers make of the viral video about African warlord Joseph Kony. Plus, we find out what "space disco" from Norway sounds like.

Marius Asp, our Global Hit DJ based in Norway, tells us about electronica artist Lindstrom. Lindstrom is one of the central figures in the so-called “space disco/Oslo disco” movement.