The Story

Today on The Story, we reconnect with Osama. He’s a dissident in Syria and, like so many others inside that country, is now constantly on the run. His wife and daughter are now being threatened, and yet Osama says he will not waver.

Alicia Partnoy, who was held in a secret prison in Argentina, speaks to Sean Cole about the place called the Little School. The naming of the Buenos Aires cardinal as pope has brought up memories of the country’s Dirty War, during which thousands of citizens were kidnapped and killed.

When the U.S. closed embassies throughout the Middle East in response to an intercepted "message" about a planned attack, we wondered: What kind of message? How was it intercepted? And what’s "chatter?"

At a time when suicide bombers seem particularly determined to create panic across Pakistan, Zeeshan Shafqat and Muhammad Usman are feeling the pressure. They are both freshmen at the International Islamic University in Islamabad. Their own school was hit with two bombs. More than at any time in their young lives, they are now living with uncertainty about school, jobs, family and their own safety .Also in the show: A son surprises his father at the end of his life.