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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.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is in Islamabad. He is expected to urge President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to lift the state of emergency he imposed early this month. On the eve of Negroponte's arrival, authorities lifted the house arrest of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday, urging the general to end emergency rule as soon as possible and allow free and fair elections.

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.

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.

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.

Imran Khan, former star cricket player who used his fame to elbow his way into Pakistan's political elite, was arrested at a student rally. He is an eloquent and outspoken critic of Musharraf, and had been on the run from police after fleeing house arrest.

Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf swore in a caretaker government Friday to run the country until elections take place in January. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is visiting to try to convince Musharraf to end the state of emergency, free political prisoners and resign as army chief of staff.

ESYO Concert Preview with pianist William Lauricella and conductor Etienne Abelin

In a remarkable press conference given the day after her release, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, described how Hamas descended on her kibbutz near Gaza, tied her up, threw her over a motorcycle and beat her.