The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

John Elder Robison was almost 40 when he realized he was living with Asperger's, only to discover his son Cubby had the same diagnosis. He saw his son through his interest in fireworks and a charge of terrorism. Today, the story of an enduring bond.

Beate Zschaepe is is accused of being part of a murderous Neo-Nazi cell and the German government and its citizens are also pointing a finger at the police who for more than a decade missed or ignored evidence linking a string of murders to racism.

The author of 'Dirty Wars', Jeremy Scahill on how President Barak Obama has extended the Cheney/Bush notions of Executive Branch control, proxy players and limited oversight in the U.S. ongoing war on terror.

They are feral, elusive, nocturnal, they'll eat anything and live anywhere. The wild boar attacks livestock, destroys Billions in crops and is kilos is an increasing problem in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. We’re looking at Boar Wars.

In Newfoundland and Labrador, a community has taken a vote - to accept or reject the government's offer to relocate. The province offers to pay people to move from remote coastal communities. And Little Bay Islands just voted on whether to do itself in.

Some of our clothes come from the world's poorest countries. Loblaw plans a relief fund to help some of the workers' families, and its Joe Fresh brand will remain in Bangladesh. We hear what some worker's rights advocates think should happen next.

The EU has banned an insecticide they say is killing off honey bees. Some Canadians are calling for a ban too. But many farmers say the science isn't in yet so don't make them stop using a chemical that's so important for protecting their crops.

In her only Canadian broadcast interview, Amanda Knox tells us about the price she paid after she was charged with murdering her room-mate, her eventual acquittal and the recent call by Italy's top court for her to stand trial again.

He is their son and they are dedicated to him. But this week, Amanda Telford took 19-year-old. Phillip to a provincial government office and left him there. Today we look at the parents' dilemma, the wider reality and the Ombudsman's view.

We're revisiting the issue of the Kidney Trade with the Canadian prosecutor who just won his case against those at a transplant clinic in Kosovo. Plus, despair for TV and anger over foreign workers, we share your thoughts on stories of the week.

Today's television audiences aren't only fractured, they're fixated on other screens - computer screens. And yet our broadcast regulator, the CRTC is still holding hearings on cable and mandatory carriage of TV channels.

He's outlining a world of new possibilities, Jared Cohen of Google Ideas believes the influx of 5-Billion internet users could transform entire nations, threaten dictators, rewrite the rules of international relations and empower young people.

There are continued allegations that Syria is using chemical weapons that was supposed to be a Red Line for the U.S. Is it any more?

What began as the suspension of two guards over safety complaints has swept pivotal workers in the Alberta justice system into a labour dispute. And a futuristic prison design known as 'direct supervision' is taking its place in Incarceration Innovation.

Whistleblowers are exposing a scheme they say involves everything from kickbacks to falsified resumes. Companies in India allegedly abusing a system to bring in foreign workers called the Intra-Company Transfer. CBC's Kathy Tomlinson documents the problem