ISLAMABAD - PAKISTAN confirmed on Monday the arrest of another alleged plotter of the Mumbai attacks and sought further details from India to prosecute those involved in the carnage.

India blamed banned Pakistan-based Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the November 26-29 siege that killed 165 people and derailed a five-year peace process between the nuclear-armed south Asian rivals.

BEIJING - CHINA'S ancient capital of Xian is to build an underground line to the museum of the famed terracotta warriors, one of the nation's most prized tourist attractions, state press said on Monday.

TAIPEI - LEADERS of Taiwan's nationalist Kuomintang party paid tribute to former president Chiang Ching-kuo on the 100th anniversary of his birth Monday.