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California sued the federal government on Thursday to force a decision about whether the state can impose the nation's first greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and light trucks.

Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf says parliamentary elections will be held by mid-February, a signal that the state of emergency rule he declared could soon end.

The United States has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of subverting democracy, corruptly enriching his cronies and undermining U.S. efforts to stop Iran's nuclear program. A panel of experts debates whether Russia is becoming an enemy of the United States.

In Pakistan, opposition leader Benazir Bhutto threatened to launch more protests if President Gen. Pervez Musharraf doesn't meet her demands. Musharraf declared emergency rule this weekend. Pakistanis say a state of fear is gripping the country.

Ninety years after the Bolshevik revolution and 16 years after the end of communism, Russians look back at the Soviet era. Some recall the horrors of gulags and executions, while others look wistfully at the strong hand of the Soviet government.

A showdown over a popular water-projects bill moves to the Senate today. Yesterday, House Republicans joined Democrats to override the president's veto. As KPBS reporter Andrew Phelps tells us, that b

Supporters of Pakistan's ex-prime minister rallying near parliament Wednesday were met by police wielding batons and tear gas. Meanwhile, Benazir Bhutto says she wants the United States and other Western democracies to demand that her nation's military leader rescind martial law.

One Pakistani lawyer who managed to avoid arrest is Hina Jilani. She was in London when the president imposed emergency rule, and a warrant for her house arrest remains outstanding. Jilani, a lawyer with Pakistan's Supreme Court, plans to return home despite the risks.

The Pakistani opposition is intensifying its campaign against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and his imposition of emergency rule. Meantime, hundreds of lawyers have been detained, along with activists and other Musharraf opponents.

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens rejected an appeal by former Illinois Gov. George Ryan. Once hailed for clearing his state's death row, Ryan, 73, must report to a federal correctional center by Wednesday to serve time for a corruption conviction.