The Indianapolis Star learned Tuesday that the state has abruptly halted the independent audit.

FORBES: Indiana Halts Audit of Crime Lab

Hill had previously been scheduled for execution in July, but the state Supreme Court halted the execution on procedural grounds.

CNN: Georgia inmate granted last-minute stays of execution

Judges halted Thursday's execution in the state of Lawrence Reynolds, 43.

BBC: Ohio governor delays executions

The court halted mining of the ore in the mineral-rich state in 2011 after social activist group Samaj Parivartan Samuday alleged that rampant illegal mining had damaged the environment.

WSJ: Court Eases Mining Ban in Karnataka

Indiana has halted an audit of its crime labs, spelling an end to one of the better state initiatives this year.

FORBES: Indiana Halts Audit of Crime Lab

In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, piles of bricks and mounds of weed-ridden soil at a halted project attest to Wal-Mart's hurdles and frustrated plans.

WSJ: Wal-Mart Hits Obstacle to Growth in India

French President Francois Hollande has argued that Mali could become a "terrorist state" that could threaten the rest of Africa and Europe if the rebel advance is not halted.

BBC: Mali: No UK army boots on the ground - Cameron