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Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif says the U.S. must "put its foot down" with President Pervez Musharraf if it is sincere in its support of democracy in Pakistan. He calls the U.S. response so far to Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule "lukewarm" and "disturbing."

President Bush met Monday with the Turkish prime minister — in hopes of defusing a conflict at the Iraqi border between Turkey and Kurdish militants. The president also spoke about the crisis in Pakistan, where President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule Saturday.

The U.S. is reviewing its aid to Pakistan, about $10 billion in overt funding since 2001. Yet the Bush administration may push for continuing military aid for the Pakistani army's counterinsurgency operations, says analyst Steve Coll of the New America Foundation.

As tensions escalate on the Turkish-Iraq border, Iraqi Kurds express their sentiment that Turkey's real enemy is not the PKK but an autonomous Kurdish region.

Michael Mukasey is now all but sure of winning Senate confirmation as attorney general. But Mukasey's nomination was almost derailed by his refusal to say whether he views the interrogation practice known as "waterboarding" as torture. The episode is only the latest in waterboarding's long history of controversy.

Scripted TV show runners are writers who oversee production and creative decision-making. They are members of the striking Writers Guild, but they have duties that go far beyond writing, and are obligated to do their producing jobs even when they are forbidden to write because of the strike. Several high-profile show runners however, have decided not to do any work at all.

A waitress causes a stir on the political blogs. The waitress at a Maid-Rite restaurant in Iowa says she did not get a tip after serving presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, a Democrat from New York. But the Clinton campaign says a $100 tip was left at the diner.

More than 100 Buddhist monks march in northern Myanmar, the first public demonstration since the government's deadly crackdown last month on pro-democracy protesters.

French charity workers planned a flight for more than 100 African children who were heading to foster care in Europe. The children were supposedly orphans from the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, but United Nations officials found the vast majority are not orphans, and aren't from Darfur.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Bush administration will review its financial assistance to Pakistan. The announcement comes one day after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule and suspended the nation's constitution.