Katy Clark speaks with Marshall Jon Fisher about what he describes as the greatest tennis match ever played. Fisher's new book, "A Terrible Splendor," tells the story of the 1937 Davis Cup semi-final match between American Don Budge and Gottfried von Cramm, a German. With war on the horizon, Von Cramm was literally playing for his life as well as his homeland.

Don Budge (left) and Gottfried von Cramm

Audio Slideshow: 'A Terrible Splendor'

Don Budge recalls 1937 Davis Cup match with Gottfried von Cramm

Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra about the CIA's language problem. The agency doesn't have enough employees who speak foreign languages. Congressman Hoekstra is a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence.

European prosecutors are calling for an investigation into the use of torture by the CIA. But how feasible would it be for foreign prosecutors to open probes, if US officials do not? The World's Jason Margolis has more.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the House Foreign Affairs committee that the Obama administration is seeking a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff with Iran. But if that doesn't work, she suggested the groundwork is being laid for "crippling sanctions" against Iran. The World's Matthew Bell reports.

Nuclear standoff with Iran

Today on The World: We explore the possibility that European prosecutors could take the CIA to task for its interrogation methods; Also, what solutions is the US seeking in the standoff over Iran's nuclear program; and we check in with a Russian mayoral campaign featuring a ballerina, a porn star, a billionaire and an arm wrestling champion.

Pakistan is gripped by a wave of bloody attacks by Islamic militants. In one of the most recent, they stormed a police training school in Lahore armed with guns and grenades. It's the latest evidence of the violence spreading from the troubled North-West border region to the country's major cities. The BBC's Jill McGivering has been traveling across Pakistan, conducting interviews with a variety of people in an attempt to assess the impact of the insurgency.

In the capital Islamabad Jill attended an exclusive tea-party. There she spoke with Mona, one of the guests, who told her that even the richest families in Pakistan feel vulnerable.

Also in Islamabad, Jill meets up with Humaira Ghazanfar Bilour who's just moved her family from their home city of Peshawar in the northwest of the country, near the border with Afghanistan. Humaira Ghazanfar Bilour describes the worsening security situation there.

The Pakistan government's recent decision to sign a peace deal bringing sharia law to the Swat Valley, has divided opinion. For the past two years Islamic militants have been fighting the security forces in the Swat valley. Some say the deal will bring peace; others accuse the government of appeasement - and say it'll only encourage the extremists to demand more. Jill met a man who was born in Swat but recently fled with his family.

Tomorrow is election day in South Africa. The ruling party, the African National Congress, is expected to retain power. That likely means the ANC's controversial leader, Jacob Zuma, would become president. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with author Alex Russell about his new book, "Bring Me My Machine Gun: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa from Mandela to Zuma."

Jacob Zuma (right) singing "Umshini wami" (Bring Me My Machine-Gun) at a rally in 2008

The answer to the Geo Quiz is the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. Graduate students Antonio Seliz and Jill Deppe regularly travel there to study birds and they sent us this audio-postcard.

Playwright Lynn Nottage has won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play "Ruined." Anchor Marco Werman speak with Nottage about the play's difficult subject matter: the rape of two women in war-torn the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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