ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Asif Ali Zardari, the man poised to become Pakistan's next president, is still known as "Mr. 10 Percent" because of corruption allegations. Now his own lawyers say he may have suffered from mental health problems within the past year.

"People have short memories, but not that short," said Rafat Saeed, 42, as he parked his car in the bustling city of Karachi following a week of political turmoil and relentless violence by Islamic militants.

"His name is synonymous with corruption!"

Friends and family say Zardari, widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is fine now and fit to rule. But the questions over his psychological state are not likely to go away soon.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Residents, tourists and oil workers fled as Gustav swamped Jamaica on Thursday, leaving 59 people dead in its wake.

Montego Bay, a usually bustling tourist haven on the country's northwest coast, turned into a virtual ghost town, with no one on the streets and businesses shuttered as rain poured down and strong winds set in.

Kingston resident Bradley Finzi-Smith was trying to put hurricane shutters on his home when he said a blast of wind blew his ladder several yards away.

At least 51 people died in Haiti from floods, mudslides and falling trees, including 25 around the city of Jacmel, where Gustav first struck land Tuesday. Eight more people were buried when a cliff gave way in the Dominican Republic.

BEIJING -- Chinese police clashed with members of the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority in the far western region of Xinjiang, authorities and an activist said Thursday, the first reported outbreak of violence in the area since two high-profile attacks during the Olympics.

Two Chinese policemen died and seven more were wounded. It was not immediately clear what ignited Wednesday's conflict in a village in Jiashi County or if any Uighurs were injured.

Activist Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the Germany-based World Uighur Congress, said witnesses heard "fierce gunfire" and saw at least 20 Uighurs arrested -- part of what he says is a wider, ongoing crackdown. He did not give any other details.

A public security official said eight Uighurs -- seven men and one woman -- were involved. One man had been captured, but the others were at large, said the official, who refused to give his name as is common among Chinese officials.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai anti-government protesters occupying the grounds of the prime minister's office forced several hundred policemen off the compound early Friday and promised more action in their bid to oust the leader.

Police exercised restraint when the demonstrators -- some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks -- pushed up to 400 officers out of the Government House grounds at about 1 a.m.

Protesters celebrated by dancing to rock music, a sharp contrast to the tensions Wednesday when they feared a raid and threw up makeshift barricades.

"We can relax now, but please be cautious, they might return soon," protest organizer Samran Rodpetch announced from a stage.

Thousands of supporters of the conservative People's Alliance for Democracy spent a third night encamped at Government House in support of their campaign to force Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej from office.

VILSECK, Germany -- Defense lawyers for two U.S. soldiers told a military court Thursday that their clients did not participate in the killings of four Iraqis last year and had little, if any, knowledge of them.

But a U.S. Army prosecutor said Staff Sgt. Jess Cunningham and Sgt. Charles Quigley knew enough for the government to pursue the case.

"You don't have to pull the trigger to be a conspirator," Capt. Derrick Grace said.

The Article 32 hearing included testimony and statements from witnesses that the Iraqi men were shot in the head and dumped in a Baghdad canal in April 2007 as retribution for casualties suffered by soldiers with the 172nd Infantry Brigade in Iraq.

A decision on whether Cunningham and Quigley should face a full court-martial probably won't be made for at least a few weeks, Army Public Affairs Officer Lt. Col. Eric Bloom said.