ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani cleric who led thousands in an anti-government protest in the country's capital for the past four days appears to have reached an agreement with high-level government officials to end the demonstration. Official refuses court order to arrest Pakistan PM
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's anti-corruption chief refused a Supreme Court order to arrest the prime minister on Thursday, citing a lack of evidence in a graft case that sparked the latest clash between the government and the country's top court. History vs. history as China plans to rebuild past
BEIJING (AP) -- In a corner of old Beijing, the government may soon be both destroying history and remaking it. 
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United States wants serious peace negotiations with the Taliban to begin, but it has not been possible to get the process under way, the American ambassador to Afghanistan said Thursday. 
NEW DELHI (AP) -- An Indian magistrate on Thursday ordered the trial of five men accused in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving bus to be shifted to a special fast-track court in New Delhi. 
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Several thousand protesters shouting anti-military slogans displayed the bodies of 15 local villagers in northwestern Pakistan, claiming they were shot dead in their homes by security forces in an overnight raid. Hours later, police dispersed the protesters using water cannons and tear gas. 
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India, Pakistan agree to ease tensions in Kashmir after recent clashes in which 5 died. 
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada's Conservative government does not expect to launch a new round of fiscal stimulus despite the possibility of weaker-than- expected growth in the first quarter, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. "I don't see the need for it, quite frankly. I think we have adequate economic growth, and I think the prospects for stronger economic growth later in the year and next year are good," Flaherty told a news conference. Flaherty is preparing the federal budget, due in coming weeks, amid signs economic growth in Canada has slowed. … 
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro took the place of ailing President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday by delivering a short speech and turning in a state-of-the-nation report amid legal debate about his legitimacy. 
HAVANA (AP) -- For years, Cuban dissidents say, authorities' message to them has been the same: Sure, you can leave the country. Just don't expect us to let you come back. 
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's vice president said Tuesday that President Hugo Chavez has been making progress in his treatment for a severe respiratory infection and asked questions of his aides during a recent visit to Cuba, where the president is recovering. 
TORONTO (Reuters) – Sales of existing homes in Canada fell in December from November and year-over year sales tumbled, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Tu esday, further evidence Canada's once-hot housing market has slumped. CREA, the industry group for Canadian real estate agents, said in a report that sales activity was down 0.5 percent in December from November, the third consecutive monthly decline. Actual sales for December, not seasonally adjusted, were off 17.4 percent from a year earlier, the largest drop since tighter mortgage lending rules went into effect last July. … 
HAVANA (AP) -- Cubans formed long lines outside travel agencies and migration offices in Havana on Monday as a highly anticipated new law took effect ending the island's much-hated exit visa requi rement. 
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Thousands of supporters of Venezuela's cancer-stricken president held rallies across the nation Sunday, hours before the government announced that Hugo Chavez is responding favorably to treatment for a respiratory infection. 
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Thousands of supporters of Venezuela's absent, cancer-stricken president held rallies across the nation on Sunday to defend Hugo Chavez's populist "revolution," with a top ally alleging that far-right factions were seeking violent instability.