AP - Thousands of pilgrims panicked by false rumors of a bomb stampeded at a Hindu temple in western India on Tuesday, killing at least 168 people in the crush to escape.

AP - Pakistan named a new head of its main intelligence service, a change sure to be scrutinized by American officials who have questioned the powerful spy agency's loyalties in the war on terror.

AP - Disagreements between Somali pirates holding a ship laden with tanks and heavy weapons escalated into a shootout and three pirates are believed dead, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday. The pirates denied the report.

AP - Asia was shaken Tuesday by the collapse of the U.S. financial bailout effort, with the region's political leaders expressing hopes for a quick solution and Japan's central bank injecting more cash into money markets to promote liquidity and lending.

AFP - Rebels in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region on Tuesday rejected claims they had shot down a helicopter contracted to the UN-peacekeeping force in an incident that killed all four crew members.

AP - The bodies of 11 men and one woman, some with their tongues cut out, were found dumped in an empty lot next to a Tijuana elementary school Monday morning, an hour before children were scheduled to arrive.

AP - As of Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at least 4,175 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

AP - U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill embarked on a mission to rescue an unraveling disarmament deal with North Korea, traveling to the region Tuesday as part of a rare trip to the communist nation.

AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday he has asked the king of Saudi Arabia to help facilitate peace talks with the Taliban in order to bring an end to the Afghan conflict.

AP - At least 125 people were killed and 50 injured when thousands of pilgrims stampeded Tuesday at a Hindu temple in the historic town of Jodhpur in western India, officials said.