Afghanistan has put its only known pig in quarantine due to swine flu fears. It's locked up in a room at the Kabul Zoo. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details.

Our daily geography puzzler.

The World's Laura Lynch reports that the Catholic Church in Ireland is bracing for the release of a new report on sex abuse by Catholic priests.

Local officials in a county in south central China are backing off an unusual order -- one that required civil servants to smoke. Anchor Lisa Mullins has this update.

For today's Geo Quiz we went to Vietnam in search of the world's largest cave. Its name is the Hang Son Doong (Mountain River Cave), located in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park - the answer to our Geo Quiz. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Adam Spillane, a member of a British-Vietnamese caving expedition that just returned from exploring the cave.

The World's Marco Werman introduces us to Brazil's Marcio Local...a key player in the rebirth of the groovy '70s sound of Samba-Soul.

Today on The World: A conversation with the father of jailed American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi on her health after the hunger strike; a look at the Taliban militants who have taken over Pakistan's Swat Valley; and saving the rare Siamese crocodile.

Alexander LukashenkoIn 2005, the U.S. listed Belarus as the only remaining "outpost of tyranny" in Europe. Alexander Lukashenko, President of this former Soviet republic, has been described by Western diplomats as Europe's last dictator. But is Belarus coming in from the cold? The European Union has lifted a travel ban, and a Belarussian delegation attended an EU 'Eastern Partnership' summit in Prague today. So is Belarus really changing? From Minsk, the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Dalia Mogahed, a newly appointed advisor on faith to President Barack Obama. She's also co-author of a new survey that suggests Muslims living in EUROPE feel much more marginalized and isolated than Muslims living in the U.S.

The British government has sparked debate for naming 16 individuals that are banned from entering the UK because the government considers their views "dangerous" to society. But as The World's Matthew Bell reports, the U-S has its own complicated relationship with "ideological exclusions."