Sharky's Notebook

Indian police fired on pro-independence protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir Monday, killing four people and wounding 16 others, a senior police officer said.

London's Metropolitan Police may reopen an investigation into the alleged hacking of phones of top politicians and celebrities by a tabloid formerly edited by a top UK government aide.

A Colombian has officially been declared the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records officials -- but his reign looks set to be short-lived.

The unions representing more than 1.3 million workers in South Africa have suspended a three-week old strike that crippled hospital services, closed schools and wreaked havoc on other public services, according to a statement Monday from the groups.

Metropolitan police in London, England, appealed Monday for further information about last month's death of a man who worked for a British intelligence agency and whose naked body was found in a padlocked duffel bag in his bathroom.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has canceled a central London book-signing event for his new autobiography over concerns of the "inevitable hassle" that will be caused by protesters, his office said in a statement Monday.

He's already suggested installing coin-operated lavatories and selling standing room on flights, so it may not be surprising that the latest idea from the colorful CEO of Ryanair is once again pushing air travelers' buttons.

As many as 2,000 additional troops -- including U.S. forces -- may be headed to Afghanistan in the coming weeks under a plan proposed by Gen. David Petraeus, CNN learns.

A string of bombings and shootings across Baghdad Monday left at least one Iraqi military officer dead and wounded more than a dozen civilians and soldiers, an Interior Ministry official said Monday.

Hedging their bets, officials in Chile said they will set up an oil drill as a third option to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground since August 5.

A Japanese freelance journalist who was kidnapped for five months in Afghanistan and released Saturday says his kidnappers weren't members of the Taliban, but corrupt Afghan soldiers.

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A court in northern Japan found two Greenpeace activists guilty Monday for stealing whale meat, but suspended their sentences, Greenpeace Japan said.

North Korea has decided to return a South Korean fishing boat and its crew, after the North's navy intercepted them in its waters in August, state-run media said Monday.

At least 17 people were killed and 40 wounded in northwest Pakistan Monday -- the latest in a series of suspected suicide attacks in less than a week in the country.

South Korea's foreign minister left his post in disgrace on Monday, state-run media said.

An alleged ringleader in what is considered the worst politically motivated killings in recent Philippine history is expected to go on trial in Manila on Wednesday.

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Officials in Bangladesh are working to control an anthrax outbreak that has infected nearly 300 people since its first detection two weeks ago.

New Zealand's Christchurch and the surrounding Canterbury region on Monday tallied the effects of a powerful earthquake that left buildings in ruins.