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French prisons have come under the spotlight as a key recruiting ground for Islamist extremists.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Des Moines city official SuAnn Donovan about an ongoing battle against bad odors in the city's downtown.

On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Antoine de Saint Exupery , reporter Alice Furlaud pays tribute to the Franch aviator and beloved author of The Little Prince.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Lille, France where a trial is underway in the 1998 Tour de France doping scandal. Ten cyclists are charged with taking performance-enhancing drugs, but witnesses claim that officials were aware of their activities.

Dutch-born painter Willem de Kooning is remembered as the first modern art star. The story of his life and influence on 20th century American art is told in the book De Kooning: An American Master. Liane Hansen talks with the authors.

Author Mirta Ojito returned last summer to the stories that enthralled her in her adolescence, wondering if their magic would hold. Her verdict: The poetry of life pulses through every single one.

He is the author of several books including How Proust Can Change Your Life, and The Consolations of Philosophy. His latest book, The Art of Travel, is a reflection on travel, the anticipation versus the reality, how one often travels to escape the familiar and mundane -- but can't escape oneself, and an examination of the art and literature of travel.

In much of the developing world, social stigma attached to AIDS has made testing uncommon. But in Bostwana, where some 40 percent of the adult population is infected, health officials have even enlisted the president in a public campaign to make testing routine. Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports.

Iraq's governing council has begun implementing a U.S.-backed plan to remove former high-level Baath Party members from their jobs. But some Iraqis say the policy unfairly punishes former Baathists who joined the party to advance their careers but did not participate in any of its crimes. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

The Mexican holiday is well known in the U.S., but as we sip on margaritas, do we know exactly what we're celebrating?