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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf calls on Britain's Scotland Yard to aid an investigation into the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto was killed Dec. 27, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, after a political rally. Musharraf's request defers to demands by opposition officials.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he has asked a team of investigators from Britain's Scotland Yard to assist in the investigation into the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

2008 could be the year the city of San Diego makes noticeable headway in its goal to end chronic homelessness. Or it could be another year that the homeless continue to be ticketed for sleeping on the

The international community calls for an end to violence that has killed at least 250 people. The killing of as many as 50 ethnic Kikuyus as they sheltered in a church in the city of Eldoret fuels concern that ethnic conflicts are deepening in the east African nation.

Kenya's disputed presidential election triggers an explosion of violence that has killed more than 275 people, including dozens burned alive as they sought refuge in a church. President Mwai Kibaki, newly inaugurated for a second term, calls for a meeting with his political opponents.

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is quietly resuming seminary studies toward attaining the title of ayatollah — a goal that could make the firebrand cleric and his Mahdi Army an even more formidable power broker in Iraq.

Pakistan's elections are put off until Feb. 18, due to the assassination last week of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto while campaigning. The vote had been set for Jan. 8. Deadly riots followed Bhutto's assassination, and the country is still tense.

New Jersey requires towns to build affordable housing. But for decades, the wealthiest suburban towns were paying poorer urban areas to build their affordable housing units for them. Now some lawmakers are trying to force municipalities to build affordable housing units.

Amid continued post-election violence in Kenya, at least 50 people are killed when a mob sets fire to a church west of the capital, Nairobi. Opponents to re-elected President Mwai Kibaki, who was sworn in Sunday, say the vote was rigged.

Up to 50 people are dead after a mob torched a Kenyan church in a fourth day of ethnic violence that erupted after the disputed presidential election.