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NEW DELHI (AP) — India's government is changing hands after the most commanding election result in more than a quarter century. Preliminary results show opposition leader Narendra Modi and his party driving the long-dominant Congress party out of power. The landslide winners captured enough seats in the lower house of Parliament to avoid having to form a coalition.
MUNSHIGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) — There's no clear picture of exactly how many people may have been aboard a ferry that capsized during a storm in a river in central Bangladesh, killing at least 22 people. A local administrator says police estimate at least 100 people are still missing, but the ferry operators did not maintain a passenger list. Ferry accidents are common in Bangladesh.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's ferry tragedy, the country's worst disaster in years, has jolted many in the country into thinking about safety in ways they never have. One think tank official says South Korea has become very good at cutting corners. Safety transgressions have been almost universally neglected and overlooked as the country made its way from poverty, war and dictatorship to one of Asia's top powers.
BEIJING (AP) — The approaching June 4 anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown has officials instituting their annual clampdown on journalists, scholars and lawyers. According to his wife, Chinese authorities detained a human rights lawyer today, saying he's suspected of starting quarrels and provoking trouble. Beijing annually tries to prevent commemorations of the crackdown on protests centered in central Beijing.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is facing a large wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of a mentally ill, homeless veteran who died in an overheated New York City jail cell. According to a lawyer, the mother of former Marine Jerome Murdough plans to file a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit. Murdough was found dead in a one-hundred-degree New York City jail cell that overheated due to an equipment malfunction in February.
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