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Ali Khan, a law professor at Washburn University in Kansas, comments on how martial law is affecting his friends and family in Pakistan. Meanwhile, former Primer Minister Benazir Bhutto is put under house arrest for the second time in a week.

In Afghanistan, a quarter-century of war has left deep environmental scars, from toxic rivers to disappearing forests. But governments and conservation groups are helping protect such rare animals as snow leopards and Marco Polo sheep.

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader, calls on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to resign after she was placed under house arrest for a second time. She had threatened to lead a motorcade from Lahore to the capital Islamabad to protest emergency rule.

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader, says she worked with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf for democracy "but he didn't follow the road map." The power-sharing deal expected upon her return from exile is now not likely to occur, she says.

Off-Broadway shows had a great weekend as Broadway went dark because of striking stagehands. Tourists and regular theatergoers found their way to off-Broadway theaters, packing those smaller houses.

Philanthropist, politician and former cricket superstar Imran Khan has been in hiding since Musharraf declared emergency rule. But Khan hopes to channel the political anger of thousands of students Wednesday when he emerges from hiding to lead a student rally at Punjab University.

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Pakistan's opposition wants President Pervez Musharraf to lift a week-old state of emergency. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says emergency rule would make campaigning "difficult" in a promised election in January. Musharraf says the emergency decree is needed for a fair vote.

On the outskirts of Baghdad, Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders are working to improve security. Attacks on American forces have dropped in these former insurgent strongholds largely due to U.S.-funded efforts to give temporary security jobs to young Iraqis.