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Pro-democracy protestors in Nepal hope to increase pressure on the country's king with a day of protests Thursday. Demonstrators say they will continue their campaign until the king relinquishes his powers. But they do not agree on a new political system to replace his absolute authority.

The political crisis in Nepal is deepening. The country's main political parties have rejected a plan by King Gyanendra to hand over power, saying it's not enough. And protesters are taking to the streets.

Last October, Pakistan suffered a massive earthquake. More than 70,000 people were killed. The government is promising lump sums of money to people who rebuild. Hundreds of thousands of homes have to be rebuilt, including many in remote locations.

Nepalis vote in municipal elections Wednesday, the first since Nepal's king seized power a year ago. While it's being billed by the government as an exercise in democracy, the country's mainstream political parties are boycotting the vote.

The death of an Indian movie star leads to riots in Bangalore. Distraught fans smashed cars, burned buses and battled with police in the southern Indian city after they were prevented from seeing the body of 77-year-old film star Rajkumar.

Armed with cell phones and laptops, India's growing consumer class pitches into the battle to clean up the judiciary and police. They are leading a massive outcry over the murder of a fashion model, who was shot in a Delhi bar by the son of a politician. The killer has just been acquitted.

Announced by a simple sign -- "Village for Sale" -- the offer is an admitted attempt to bring attention to the town's plight. But the residents of Dodli say their problems are serious: rising costs, falling prices, bad harvests, inadequate water and high-interest debt from loan sharks.

Etgar Keret says writing both protects him from reality and can create the bridge to reality.

Imagine the Republicans or the Democrats announcing a boycott national elections, and staging street protests and blockades aimed at scuttling the vote. That's the situation in Bangladesh, where one of the two major political factions has said it will sit out the elections later this month.

India plans to hang Kashmiri Muslim Mohammed Afzal, who was convicted of indirect involvement in the attack on India's parliament in 2001 in a trial that was riddled with shortcomings. Much hinges on India's president, a Muslim, who is handling a plea for clemency.