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Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was among a dozen militants arrested at an alleged terrorist training camp in Kashmir. The Washington Post's India bureau chief discusses the ongoing investigation.

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said the charges against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich "would make Lincoln roll over in his grave." Blagojevich was arrested Monday on charges he tried to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.

Blackwater Worldwide security guards opened machine gun fire on innocent, surrendering Iraqis and launched a grenade into a girls' school during a gruesome Baghdad shooting last year, prosecutors said Monday in announcing manslaughter charges against five guards.

Riots in major Greek cities have entered a fourth day after the weekend killing by police of a teenager. Much of downtown Athens has been closed because of the violence. John Psaropoulos, editor of the English-language newspaper The Athens News, offers his insight.

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has denied any wrongdoing, and his legal team is presumably already at work preparing a defense against the corruption charges. What might the legal strategy look like? Criminal defense lawyer Stanley Brand talks with Steve Inskeep about potential defense strategies in the case.

The Senate banking panel has held a hearing on why Congress should give the troubled automakers $34 billion in federal loans. The CEOs of the Big Three automakers, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger and economist Mark Zandi testified.

With the economy continuing to sputter, president-elect Barack Obama has held a news conference to announce his economic team. He said they would get to work immediately to craft an economic stimulus package big enough to jump-start the economy.

President-elect Barack Obama is considering Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as head of the Department of Homeland Security. Kent Alexander, who went to law school and served as U.S. attorney with Napolitano, talks about the her qualifications.

Sen. Hillary Clinton has agreed to be President-elect Obama's nominee for secretary of state; New York Fed chief Timothy Geithner is in line to be treasury secretary; and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is up for the top job at Commerce.

Angry Mumbai residents held a big demonstration today to express indignation over the Indian government's failure to thwart the Mumbai terror attacks.