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Reports out of Pakistan say U.S.-led forces attacked a remote village near the Afghanistan border. The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan says it has no report of such an incursion, and NATO troops deny any involvement. Also, Pakistan's prime minister is reportedly safe after shots were fired at his motorcade.

Political leaders in Pakistan are looking for a new president. Pervez Musharraf stepped down Monday to avoid being impeached. The Bush administration — which saw Musharraf as an important ally — is watching the search for a replacement closely. On the streets of Pakistan's cities, though, reaction to his departure is mixed.

Indians are divided over their nation's first space mission, an unmanned lunar probe launched early Wednesday. Critics say the moon mission is a waste of money in a country where so many are impoverished. Others see space as a path to competing in a high-tech world.

Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, faces a new challenge to his authority. Thousands of lawyers and other activists are headed to the capital Islamabad for a rally this week. They will demand that Musharraf resign and bring back the judges he fired last year.

Pakistan's new civilian government, led by President Asif Ali Zardari is struggling to strike a balance between the desires of his people and Parliament, and his professed alliance with the U.S., which provides Pakistan with millions of dollars of military aid.

Pakistan's president says parliamentary elections should be held by Jan. 9, a date before the deadline set down in the now suspended constitution. He says that the state of emergency rule will create a stable environment for the vote.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates believes the "most worrisome" part of the U.S. war in Afghanistan is actually in Pakistan. After a six-month offensive, Pakistan's military says it has driven the Taliban out of one region in the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan. It's an area where the foreign media are banned. But over the weekend, Pakistan's military flew some journalists there.

The chairman of one of India's largest technology outsourcing companies has resigned after admitting the company's profits had been inflated for several years. The scandal at Satyam Computer Services Ltd. threatens future foreign investments in India and tarnishes the once-booming outsourcing sector.

In northern Pakistan, a deal is in the works to end the war in the Swat Valley, once a vacation destination now largely in the hands of the Taliban. The Taliban in the area unilaterally declared a ten-day ceasefire in the Swat Valley after the provincial government in northwest Pakistan and Islamist militants reached an agreement in which Islamic judicial practices will be enforced in part of the northwest.

The Red Cross says hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists in Sri Lanka.