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When the White House reintroduced Benazir Bhutto into the political arena in Pakistan last year, the intention was for Bhutto to form a partnership with President Pervez Musharraf. Now the U.S. is facing a very different picture with Musharraf, his cohorts, and Bhutto's husband, Asif Zardari.

America's No. 2 diplomat has ended his weekend visit to Islamabad, Pakistan. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met Saturday with military ruler Pervez Musharraf, telling the general to lift emergency rule and release all political detainees. Musharraf seems to be holding his ground.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto plans to begin a procession across the country Tuesday to rally support against the emergency rule imposed by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf. But authorities say they will block the march.

Pakistan holds parliamentary elections Monday. The outcome could produce a parliament hostile to President Pervez Musharraf, who has seen his popularity plummet over the past year.

Police in India have uncovered an illegal kidney transplant racket in which hundreds of poor laborers were duped or forced into giving up their organs for wealthy Indians and foreigners. Several such operations have been discovered in India, but the scale of this one is described as unprecedented.

A multitude turns out for the funeral procession of Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated Pakistani opposition leader. She was interred at the grave of her father. Onlookers were silent as the plain wood casket holding her body passed through Karachi, the city where she was born.

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader, calls on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to resign after she was placed under house arrest for a second time. She had threatened to lead a motorcade from Lahore to the capital Islamabad to protest emergency rule.

Military officials in Pakistan say the country's army is preparing for a massive assault on Islamist militants in the Swat Valley, 100 miles north of the capital, Islamabad.

Before the Yamuna enters Delhi, the river looks relatively clean. This is in stark contrast with what it looks like as soon as it enters the city. Most citizens don't care, but one man is taking up the cause.

Police in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad detain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, preventing her from leading a protest march against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's imposition of the state of emergency. There are also reports that thousands of Bhutto supporters have been rounded up.