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Benazir Bhutto, a former prime minister of Pakistan, indicates she will try to return to the country in October. She left in 1999 amid allegations of corruption. Now she is in power-sharing negotiations with President Pervez Musharraf.

India is a country of a billion people, and two official languages. Hindi and English are designated as the languages of government. This situation has led to the spontaneous creation of "Hinglish," a hybrid language combining elements of Hindi and English.

On the eve of what looked to be Nepal's largest pro-democracy demonstration so far, King Gyanendra reinstated the lower house of parliament. The lower house is far more important than the largely symbolic upper house under Nepal's constitution. The move appears to meet a key demand of the seven-party opposition.

While diplomats continue to search for a way to end the conflict in Lebanon, Hezbollah guerrillas and Israeli soldiers continue to clash heavily in the border region. Meanwhile, Israel has hit Beirut with bombs again. A wider Israeli offensive in Lebanon is said to be on hold until the weekend.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora breaks into tears repeatedly as he appeals for help at an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Beirut. Arab foreign ministers respond by agreeing to send a delegation to the U.N. to represent Lebanon's interests.

In India, several states have banned the sale of Coke and Pepsi after a group called The Center for Science and Environment said the soft drinks contain unacceptably high levels of pesticide. The national government of India has said the Center's data is flawed. But the state governments continue to ban the products.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is in Islamabad. He is expected to urge President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to lift the state of emergency he imposed early this month. On the eve of Negroponte's arrival, authorities lifted the house arrest of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

President Obama is scheduled to hold bilateral talks Thursday with India's prime minister, who's also in London for the meeting of the G-20. The White House says the talks will aim to strengthen relations between the United States and India. But developments in Pakistan and the Taliban problem in Afghanistan also are likely to be on the agenda.

The head of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the deadly attack yesterday on a police academy in the city of Lahore. Baitullah Mehsud said the attack was a retaliation for U.S. missile strikes against militants along the Afghan border.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Israel to show the administration's support for a country in mourning and now conducting intense air strikes in the crowded Gaza Strip.