Anchor Marco Werman tells us about Toots Hibbert, of the Jamaican band Toots and the Maytals. The band was the first to coin the word "reggae."

For today's Geo Quiz we were looking for the city that hosts the European parliament. The answer is Strasbourg, in France.

Anchor Marco Werman tells us about two architects who worked for a decade to restore the Ryke Street Synagogue in Berlin. It had fallen into complete disrepair after being set on fire on Kristallnacht, November 9th, 1938, when Nazi officials ordered synagogues and Jewish businesses destroyed.

A 23-year-old illegal immigrant died recently while in federal custody. It happened at a US detention facility in Los Angeles. The detainee had AIDS and the case is raising questions about the quality of medical care available to immigrants in custody. Rob Schmitz of station KQED has the story.

The World's daily geography quiz.

Jesse Hardman reports from Paterson, New Jersey, a city sometimes known as Little Lima. The large Peruvian community there has rallied to organize its own relief operation to help survivors of the earthquake that hit Peru two weeks ago.

Franc Contreras reports that Mexican authorities today begin enforcing new restrictions on the sale of medicines that contain pseudo ephedrine. That includes many "over the counter" cold medications. Mexican traffickers have been sending tons of pseudo ephedrine to the United States, where it's used to make methamphetamines.

According to recent figures published by the parent company of Guinness, Britain leads the world in Guinness consumption and Ireland, the home of the dark, frothy brew, has lost the second spot to the African country of Nigeria. Anchor Marco Werman has the story.

The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Spain on a massive immigration phenomenon. Every August, an estimated one-and-a-half million people leave Europe for North Africa. They are immigrants going back to their native countries for vacations. Right now, the immigrants are heading back to their jobs in Europe. This year, though, their return comes at a time of heightened security alerts in Europe. That means tighter controls and longer lines at the Spanish port of Algeciras.

The town of Ramadi has a reputation as one of the most violent places in Iraq. But according to an article in today's edition of The Times of London, things there have dramatically improved recently. Anchor Marco Werman gets more on the story from Times reporter Martin Fletcher.