The World's Gerry Hadden reports on Europe's reaction to today's school shooting in Germany. Many European Union members are re-examining their stance on gun control just as major legislation on the issue comes up for a vote.

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Charles Freeman has withdrawn his name from consideration to a top intelligence post in the Obama administration. Freeman blames the "Israel lobby" for smearing him. The World's Matthew Bell reports.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Gennaro Pelliccia, chief coffee taster for the Costa Coffee company in Britain. He's just had his tongue insured for fourteen million dollars.

Today we were looking for the golf course that boasts the longest hole. The answer is The Satsuki Golf Course in the Japanese city of Sano.

Correspondent Jessica Golloher tells us about a battle of the vodkas in Russia. Two brands, one named after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the other after President Dmitry Medvedev, are vying for a share of the vodka market in Russia.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with world-renowned conductor Benjamin Zander on occasion of Zander's 70th birthday.

Today on The World: Thousands of protesters begin a 4-day march in Pakistan; A former inmate at Guantanamo is now a top Taliban officer; and health workers in Cambodia struggle to treat a form of malaria that's grown resistant to drugs.

The BBC's Barbara Plett is in Pakistan, where police are cracking down on thousands of protesters who plan a four-day march on the capital Islamabad. They're demanding that Pakistan's president reinstate judges fired by his predecessor, Pervez Musharraf. Barbara Plett speaks with anchor Marco Werman.

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The Taliban's new operations officer in southern Afghanistan was living elsewhere until recently. He was a detainee at Guantánamo Bay. The BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner says the case highlights the threat posed by the release of some Gitmo inmates.

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