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Physicist Michio Kaku studies what were once only philosophical questions about the human mind. He delves into the brain and our understanding of its functions in his new book, The Future of the Mind.

In Identical, Scott Turow opens a cold case involving a set of twins and a murder long thought solved. Whatever the premise may lead you to believe, though, this novel is neither funny nor especially thrilling. Reviewer Rosecrans Baldwin explains that the book is at its best in the courtroom, but elsewhere, it plods.

Pakistani troops have raided a militant camp and arrested a suspected mastermind in the deadly attacks last month in Mumbai, India. Is India satisfied with Pakistan's military operations against militants?

President Mahinda Rajapaksa was in a hard-fought race with his former army chief. Both men had worked together to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels in a conflict that lasted about 25 years. The challenger rejected the official results and troops have surrounded his hotel.

One of the world's most intense rivalries is between two Asian giants: China and India. Relations between them are strained at the moment, and one reason involves the Dalai Lama. He plans to visit an area in northeast India next month that China has claimed as its own for many years.

European leaders are meeting in Brussels on Thursday for a summit likely to be dominated by the military action in Libya. The U.S. is anxious to hand over control of the operation to its European allies, but they have failed to agree on how the operation should be controlled. After a stormy meeting at NATO on Monday, it became clear that there were deep disagreements about the organization's role, and a further two days of talks have still failed to reach agreement.

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.

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.

In Sri Lanka, one journalist's determination to tell the truth cost him his life. Lasantha Wickrematunge knew he was going to be murdered. He said so, in an article shortly before he died. He also predicted who would do it.

Officials say gunmen in east Pakistan opened fire on a vehicle carrying members of Sri Lanka's national cricket team. Several players were wounded and five police officers were killed. Security concerns have plagued Pakistan for years and some foreign sports teams have refused to play there.