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Chinese President Hu Jintao visits India, the first appearance there by a Chinese leader in a decade. He will meet Tuesday with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. China and India contain roughly one-third of the world's population. They both have nuclear weapons and both are rising regional and global powers.

It's been a year since an earthquake caused such devastation in the mountains of Pakistan. But the nightmare continues for Ira Riaz. Her husband was among the 73,000 people killed in the earthquake. Since then, she lost her son in a landslide caused by an aftershock. She now spends her days swatting the flies gathering on the wounded limbs of her nine-year-old daughter, Samia, who lost both her legs in the landslide that killed her brother.

Rebels and the government of Nepal have signed a peace deal. The agreement ends a 10-year insurgency, and begins a new political era in the Himalayan nation. Wednesday has been declared a national day of celebration for the accord.

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.

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.

Protests continue against the rule of the King Gyanendra of Nepal. The king's announcement last week that he's willing to turn over power to a prime minister has done little to quiet demands for democracy and a new constitution for the Himalayan kingdom.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launches a new security plan for Baghdad aimed at staunching both insurgent attacks and sectarian killings that have been increasing in intensity.

Over the weekend, 83 bodies were delivered to the Baghdad morgue. The figure is high even by the grim standards of a venue that has seen thousands of corpses this year.