AP - Washington's No. 2 diplomat delivered a blunt message to Pakistan's military ruler, telling him Saturday that emergency rule must be lifted and his opponents freed ahead of elections.

AP - Hundreds of thousands of survivors were stuck Saturday behind roads blocked by fallen trees, iron roofs and thick sludge as rescue workers fought to reach towns along Bangladesh's coast that were ravaged by a powerful cyclone that killed at least 1,784 people.

AP - Armed with anger, hope and candles, participants in a vigil for a former police officer's missing fourth wife left a pink placard reading "Where's our sister Stacy?" — along with several other signs — on the man's porch Saturday.