Reuters - Barring nuclear power, or a gas pipeline from Iran, the United States wants to help its ally Pakistan develop potential energy sources, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman said on Monday.

AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will arrive in Indonesia with security high on her agenda, but the world's most populous Muslim nation is crucial to the United States beyond merely being an ally in its "war on terror", analysts say.

AFP - The Sri Lankan government will retain Norway as peace broker despite calls from a key Marxist ally to immediately end the arrangement.

A key former ally of Slobodan Milosevic, Milan Babic, commits suicide in his prison cell, officials say.

AFP - A key ally of Sri Lanka's government urged a tougher stance against Tamil rebels and to beef up training for the country's security forces to deter the Tigers from going back to war.

Reuters - Buoyed by the recent American success of such acts as Coldplay, James Blunt and Franz Ferdinand, the British music industry is once again focusing its energy on the U.S. market. And the music community here has found an important ally: the government.

AP - A top political ally of acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday confirmed plans for another unilateral withdrawal from West Bank settlements.

President Bush ended his visit to Islamabad today after gaining reassurances from Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf that Pakistan is doing everything it can in the war against terror. "He [Musharraf] understands the need to make sure our strategy is able to defeat the enemy," Bush said in a news conference with Musharraf at his side.

AFP - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be hoping to secure a European ally for the world trade talks battle when he visits Britain this week.

AFP - US President George W. Bush is to hold talks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, at which he will push his key ally for more progress on the "war on terror" and on democracy.

India will be allowed to buy more sophisticated fighter aircraft and other high-tech arms from the United States as part of a closer defense relationship between the two nations, the U.S. says. The deal will be viewed with interest by India's regional rival Pakistan, which is seen by the U.S. as a key ally in the war on terror. Pakistan and India, which both possess nuclear weapons, have a frosty relationship -- with tensions regularly rising especially over the disputed Kashmir region.

India will be allowed to buy more sophisticated fighter aircraft and other high-tech arms from the United States as part of a closer defense relationship between the two nations, the U.S. says. The deal will be viewed with interest by India's regional rival Pakistan, which is seen by the U.S. as a key ally in the war on terror. Pakistan and India, which both possess nuclear weapons, have a frosty relationship -- with tensions regularly rising especially over the disputed Kashmir region.

India will be allowed to buy more sophisticated fighter aircraft and other high-tech arms from the United States as part of a closer defense relationship between the two nations, the U.S. says. The deal will be viewed with interest by India's regional rival Pakistan, which is seen by the U.S. as a key ally in the war on terror. Pakistan and India, which both possess nuclear weapons, have a frosty relationship -- with tensions regularly rising especially over the disputed Kashmir region.

India will be allowed to buy more sophisticated fighter aircraft and other high-tech arms from the United States as part of a closer defense relationship between the two nations, the U.S. says. The deal will be viewed with interest by India's regional rival Pakistan, which is seen by the U.S. as a key ally in the war on terror. Pakistan and India, which both possess nuclear weapons, have a frosty relationship -- with tensions regularly rising especially over the disputed Kashmir region.

India will be allowed to buy more sophisticated fighter aircraft and other high-tech arms from the United States as part of a closer defense relationship between the two nations, the U.S. says. The deal will be viewed with interest by India's regional rival Pakistan, which is seen by the U.S. as a key ally in the war on terror. Pakistan and India, which both possess nuclear weapons, have a frosty relationship -- with tensions regularly rising especially over the disputed Kashmir region.

India will be allowed to buy more sophisticated fighter aircraft and other high-tech arms from the United States as part of a closer defense relationship between the two nations, the U.S. says. The deal will be viewed with interest by India's regional rival Pakistan, which is seen by the U.S. as a key ally in the war on terror. Pakistan and India, which both possess nuclear weapons, have a frosty relationship -- with tensions regularly rising especially over the disputed Kashmir region.

AP - When President Clinton visited Pakistan six years ago, he said much was wrong in the impoverished Islamic nation: It wasn't democratic enough. Terrorism was a problem. And money was squandered building a nuclear bomb.

Reuters - Ron Meyer is not in a good mood. The usually affable president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios has lost his most valuable ally with the departure of Universal Pictures chairman Stacey Snider to Paramount/DreamWorks.

India will be allowed to buy more sophisticated fighter aircraft and other high-tech arms from the United States as part of a closer defense relationship between the two nations, the U.S. says. The deal will be viewed with interest by India's regional rival Pakistan, which is seen by the U.S. as a key ally in the war on terror. Pakistan and India, which both possess nuclear weapons, have a frosty relationship -- with tensions regularly rising especially over the disputed Kashmir region.

India will be allowed to buy more sophisticated fighter aircraft and other high-tech arms from the United States as part of a closer defense relationship between the two nations, the U.S. says. The deal will be viewed with interest by India's regional rival Pakistan, which is seen by the U.S. as a key ally in the war on terror. Pakistan and India, which both possess nuclear weapons, have a frosty relationship -- with tensions regularly rising especially over the disputed Kashmir region.