Analysts Say Mumbai Attacks Show Rise of Strategic Terrorism... and other news

Analysts Say Mumbai Attacks Show Rise of Strategic Terrorism

Voice of America

By Catherine Cannon US terrorism experts say the November terror attacks in Mumbai, India are an example of a rising culture of terrorism that could inspire ...
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'Slumdog Millionaire' makers respond to criticism over pay to two ...
Gautam Singh / AP REAL LIFE: Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, the youngest Salim, stands outside his home in suburban Mumbai. Director Danny Boyle's choice to ...
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Paloma siblings scared of Mumbai
Paloma, a call centre employee, was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, Aquino Martis, in Mumbai's Mira Road area on Wednesday. Neighbours said they had a ...
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Mumbai attack plans 'made outside Pakistan'
A recent Islamabad probe suggests that elements and agencies inside Pakistan were not involved in planning the Mumbai terror attacks. ...
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Indian Bonds Decline Before Tomorrow's Government Debt Auction
The yield on the 8.24 percent note due April 2018 rose seven basis points to 6.11 percent at the 5:30 pm close in Mumbai, according to the central bank's ...
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Govt's flip-flop on Mumbai attack has emboldened Pak: BJP
New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) In the wake of the reports in Pakistan that the Mumbai attacks were planned outside the country and so it was not liable to act on ...
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Glam Media acquires Mumbai-based AdaptiveAds
Glam Media, an advertising and publishing network for women, has acquired San Francisco and Mumbai-based AdaptiveAds. The acquired company serves display ...
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Cycling from Mumbai to Rashtrapati Bhavan for 26/11 victims

Hindu

New Delhi (PTI): A cyclist from Mumbai will peddle down to the national capitalon Friday in an unique effort to keep the memory of the 26/11 terror attack ...
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Glam Takes Mumbai with AdaptiveAds Acquisition
Glam will also open an office in Mumbai, and an engineering presence in Pune. The company penetrated Germany last year with the acquisition of Munich-based ...
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Pakistan says it arrests 3 alleged Indian agents
The allegations come amid souring relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, which killed 164 people. ...
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Mumbai horrors to cast shadow over Republic day celebrations... and other news

Mumbai horrors to cast shadow over Republic day celebrations
India has blamed the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the November 26-29 Mumbai siege, an accusation the group has denied. ...
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Pakistani civil society activists mount peace offensive
That's why even after Mumbai, there's been no war," he said. Were tall claims being made about the peace lobby? "Ask the 51 Pakistani citizens jailed in ...
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Obama's South Asian envoy and the Kashmir conundrum
India has long resisted overt outside interference in Kashmir and argued - with great vehemence since the Mumbai attacks - that tensions in South Asia were ...
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Kashmir dispute'sa fact
You might argue that the timing was all wrong; that India's nerves are still raw after the November 26, 2008, attack on Mumbai, and that India is in the ...
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Tribunal reserves verdict, Asif blames eye drop
Karachi/Mumbai, Jan 24 (PTI) Indian Premier League's Drug Tribunal today completed hearing in Mumbai but reserved their verdict on dope-tainted Pakistani ...
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TABLE-India's Sterlite Q3 net falls 40 pct yr/yr
BO) is a non-ferrous metals poducer and a unit of Vedanta Resources (VED.L). The results are consolidated. (Reporting by Narayanan Somasundaram in Mumbai)
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India's biggest annual technology festival launched in Mumbai
MUMBAI, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Techfest 2009, the biggest annual international science and technology festival of India was launched Saturday in Mumbai. ...
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State Bank of India Third-Quarter Profit Gains 37%
Net income rose to 24.8 billion rupees ($503 million), or 39.04 rupees a share, from 18.1 billion rupees, or 34.29 rupees, a year ago, the Mumbai-based ...
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State Bank of India net rises 37 pct, meets f'cast
The shares ended 4.3 percent lower at 1041.75 rupees on Friday in a Mumbai market that fell 1.6 percent. No.2 lender ICICI Bank (ICBK. ...
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Gilani says Pakistan needs to act fast on India -FT
India and Pakistan have been exchanging heated rhetoric and threats since the Mumbai attacks that killed 179 people in November, which India says were not ...
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Pakistani laws to guide Mumbai inquiry... and other news

Pakistani laws to guide Mumbai inquiry
... COMTEX) -- A Pakistani official said his country's inquiry into the deadly terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai will follow Pakistani laws. ...
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Indians don't feel good about 'Slumdog Millionaire'

Los Angeles Times

Rajanish Kakade, AP A man sleeps on the street in Mumbai near a poster for "Slumdog Millionaire," which was released in India on Friday. ...
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Congress Criticizes Miliband Linking Mumbai Attacks to Kashmir
NEW DELHI - Congress on Jan 16 strongly criticized the statement of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in which he linked the Mumbai terror strike to ...
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Take 'transparent, credible' actions against 26/11 perpetrators: Menon
NEW DELHI: India on Friday asked Pakistan to take 'transparent' and 'credible' actions against perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks. ...
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Indian Premier League auction in Goa on February 6
Mumbai: The auction of overseas players for DLF-IPL season II will take place in Goa on February 6. The governing council of the IPL will also hold a ...
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Delta to temporarily cut Atlanta to Mumbai route
In another sign of a slumping economy, Delta Air Lines will temporarily cut back its non-stop international service from Atlanta to Mumbai, India. ...
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Beating-heart bypass today, Mumbai team in
NEW DELHI: A team of doctors led by Dr Ramakanta Panda of the Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai, will perform beating-heart bypass surgery on Prime Minister ...
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Mumbai attacks should not be linked to J&K: Pranab
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the International community must not make the mistake of linking Mumbai terror attacks with the ...
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Mumbai terror strikes: German officials meet Mumbai police
Mumbai, Jan 23 (PTI) An eight-member delegation of German officials, led by Federal Police chief Joerg Ziercke, today met city's senior police officers and ...
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'Slumdog' gets weak welcome in real Mumbai slums
MUMBAI, India (AP) — "Slumdog Millionaire" was made about the people of Mumbai's teeming slums, but it was not made for them. In the squalid shantytowns of ...
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Can’t equate terrorists with victims of terror: Pranab... and other news

Can't equate terrorists with victims of terror: Pranab
The PM was forced to junk this argument in the wake of the Mumbai attacks after evidences piled about the involvement of Pakistani citizens in the attack. ...
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VIEW: Dilemma of dealing with terror central —Ramesh Thakur
The Mumbai attacks mark a tipping point and constitute India's own "9/11". There is a frozen anger today in the country not sensed before at a government ...
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'Mumbai attacks not possible without Pak help'
LAHORE: Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta on Thursday claimed that the Mumbai terror attacks could not have been carried out without support from ...
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'Slumdog's' Mumbai premiere a celebration
MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- In the US, the film "Slumdog Millionaire" barely escaped going straight to video before it caught the eye of moviegoers and critics ...
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Mumbai evidence point to LeT role: German Police chief
NEW DELHI: Germany's Federal Police chief Joerg Ziercke said on Thursday that evidence in the Mumbai killings pointed to Lashkar-e-Taiba's role. ...
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"Slumdog Millionaire" gets 10 Oscar nominations before Mumbai premiere
The movie is premiering today in Mumbai, India, where the film was made. Director Danny Boyle told NBC's "Today" show, "there's such excitement here, ...
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Ashoka Chakra for police officers killed in Mumbai
Authoritative sources told The Hindu that the award this year would include the four Mumbai police personnel — ATS chief Hemant Karkare; ...
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Delta to make cuts to ATL-Mumbai route
Delta Air Lines Inc. said Thursday it will cut the number of direct flights between Atlanta and Mumbai as the global recession chills demand. ...
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"Slumdog Millionaire" gets 10 Oscar nominations before Mumbai premiere... and other news

"Slumdog Millionaire" gets 10 Oscar nominations before Mumbai premiere
AP - January 22, 2009 10:53 AM ET It picked up 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture, on the day the movie was set to premiere in Mumbai, India, ...
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'Why Slumdog fails to move me'

BBC News

With its mixed cast, the much-feted and hyped film is also Boyle's paean to Mumbai (Bombay), India's edgy metropolis of extremes, and Bollywood, ...
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LeT staged Mumbai mayhem, says Germany
New Delhi: Stating that its investigations had confirmed that the Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had staged the Mumbai mayhem, ...
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Kashmir - the elephant in the room

Times Online

Arrogant, ham-handed, startling, impertinent – these are the sort of words used here, with reason, to describe David Miliband's comments on the Mumbai ...
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LeT responsible for Mumbai attacks: German police chief
New Delhi (PTI): Germany, which lost three of its citizens in Mumbai terror strikes,on Thursday said it felt that Lashkar-e-Taiba was responsible for the ...
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Mumbai slum residents object to 'Slumdog's' name

The Associated Press

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Several dozen Mumbai slum residents protested the award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" on Thursday, calling the film's title ...
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Mumbai Indians swap Uthappa for Zaheer
Mumbai Indians [Images], led by Sachin Tendulkar [Images], have swapped Karnataka Ranji Trophy captain Robin Uthappa for left-arm pace spearhead Zaheer Khan ...
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Court upholds charges against 11 Malegaon accused
MUMBAI: A special court here on Thursday upheld Mumbai Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chargesheet, slapping charges under the stringent Maharashtra ...
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Why Miliband tried to rationalise Mumbai attack
None of the indigenous Kashmiri organisations has linked the Mumbai [Images] attack to Kashmir. Yet Miliband sought to provide a legitimacy to the LeT's ...
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How ATS got two key confessions
MUMBAI: Police officials had to resort to psychological tactics and some quick innovative thinking to break down the accused in the Malegaon blast case on ...
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Was Pakistan Complicit in the Mumbai Attacks?... and other news

Was Pakistan Complicit in the Mumbai Attacks?
After the terrorist attacks on Mumbai on November 26, 2008, tensions between India and Pakistan were ratcheted up almost instantly. While the involvement of ...
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India BrahMos missile misses target in test-fire
MUMBAI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Wednesday admitted there were some "minor hitches" during the ...
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Navy to commission first helicopter base in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: In a step towards strengthening surveillance and coastal security around Mumbai after 26/11, the Navy will commission its first helicopter base ...
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'Pakistan committed to investigating Mumbai terror attacks'
NEW DELHI: Pakistan is committed to investigate Mumbai terror strikes and wants to bring the peace process back on track, said Pakistan High Commissioner to ...
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India gave Pakistan partial Mumbai dossier
NEW DELHI: India is putting together an 'exhaustive' second dossier on the Mumbai terrorist attacks for Pakistan, because the first one contained 'hardly ...
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Combined Tactics Made It Difficult to Fight Mumbai Terror Attack ...
By Matthew Harwood The combination of tactics used by the terrorists who laid siege to Mumbai, India, for 60 hours and killed more than 172 people made it ...
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Tough questions for Mumbai's top cops
MUMBAI, Jan. 21: Top-ranked police and administrative officers in Mumbai are being asked some tough questions by a two-member high-powered panel about their ...
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India: Pakistan must be brought to justice
Speaking Wednesday at a New Delhi conference, Mukherjee drew parallels between last November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai and the Sept. ...
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India plays down Miliband dispute
By Sanjoy Majumder India says it disagrees with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband's comments linking Mumbai to the Kashmir dispute - but has played down ...
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Main star of 'Slumdog' is Mumbai: British director

The Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — The main star of "Slumdog Millionaire" is the sharply contrasting city of Mumbai, said its director Danny Boyle on Wednesday, ...
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A cultural tribute to Mumbai’s resilience... and other news

A cultural tribute to Mumbai's resilience
Mumbai Against the backdrop of the 26/11 attacks, the state government is organising 'Mumbai Saptarang - a cultural salute to the courage of Mumbai' — a ...
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"Slumdog" meant to capture Mumbai zest - director
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - "Slumdog Millionaire" was meant to capture Mumbai's "lust for life", director Danny Boyle said on Tuesday, ...
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Mumbai attacks trigger UK response
Efforts to secure British hotels against terror attacks have been speeded up in the wake of the deadly Mumbai siege last year, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith ...
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'Slumdog...' is a tribute to Mumbai: Danny Boyle
Mumbai: Golden Globe winning British director Danny Boyle on Tuesday said that his acclaimed film 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a tribute to the breathtaking ...
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Mumbai FC New Year Starts Bang Bang
Mumbai FC's I-League campaign in the New Year started with a bang as they downed Mohammedan Sporting 3-0 at the Cooperage Stadium, Mumbai in a postponed ...
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Bangalore next terror target after Mumbai
... PTI BELGAUM: Central intelligence has alerted Karnataka that Bangalore is the next target of terrorists after the November 26 Mumbai attack, ...
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Pakistan promises open Mumbai probe
20 (UPI) -- Pakistan says it will conduct an open and transparent investigation of the information sent to it by India on suspects in November's Mumbai ...
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Media raised public awareness during Mumbai attacks: N. Ram
On the SAMC annual report, which had slammed coverage of Mumbai terror attacks by both Indian and Pakistani media, he said a "detailed and careful" research ...
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Zardari likely to meet Nawaz to bridge differences
Rehman briefed President about the prevailing political situation, progress in the Mumbai attacks probe and issues pertaining to the law and order situation ...
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DEALTALK-Investing in India? See Blackstone losses first
By Michael Flaherty and Narayanan Somasundaram HONG KONG/MUMBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group (BX.N) has invested more than $730 million in India ...
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Lashkar focus only Kashmir, says no interest in global jihad... and other news

Lashkar focus only Kashmir, says no interest in global jihad
The tactical U-turn by the Pakistan ISI-sponsored terrorist group, which is the prime accused in the Mumbai attacks as well as the 2001 Parliament attacks, ...
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Mumbai perpetrators were Pakistanis: UK defence secy
LAHORE: British Defence Secretary John Hutton has said he is sure that the Mumbai attackers were Pakistanis, a private TV channel reported on Monday. ...
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Ambassadors briefed on measures taken by Islamabad after Mumbai ...
By Sajjad Malik ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reiterated on Monday that the alleged perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks will be prosecuted if they are found ...
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New Delhi has promised more Mumbai info, says Malik
ISLAMABAD: The Indian government has assured Pakistan it will share more information with Islamabad on the Mumbai attacks, Interior Adviser Rehman Malik ...
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Barack Obama on Gaza and Mumbai - Hypocrite Extraordinaire
"President-elect Obama strongly condemns today's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, and his thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, ...
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Gilani rules out handing over Pakistanis to India
Islamabad, Jan 19 (PTI) Ruling out the handing over to India of any Pakistani national found to be involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, Prime Minister ...
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Pakistan briefs envoys on Mumbai attack probe
... briefed representatives of diplomatic missions here on the "concrete steps" it had taken in the course of its investigation of the Mumbai attacks. ...
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'It was like reliving the Mumbai siege'... and other news

'It was like reliving the Mumbai siege'
It was the sound which I had heard from TV screens during the Mumbai siege,'' she recalled. "I ran out of my room, straight to the main gate. ...
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India keeps up pressure on Pakistan over Mumbai
By Matthias Williams NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's foreign minister, keeping up pressure on Pakistan to act against militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, ...
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Pak will share findings of its Mumbai probe with India: Gilani
In his meeting with visiting British Defence Secretary John Hutton during which the regional tensions sparked by Mumbai attacks figured prominently, ...
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Reflections: Return to Mumbai

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(lubavitch.com) What had changed since last August, when I had first visited Mumbai? The Indian Army squad in a sandbagged position in front of the Keneseth ...
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Miliband faces India media flak
India blames Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, who have fought Indian rule in Kashmir, for the November attacks on Mumbai. But Delhi sees Kashmir as an "internal" ...
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Pakistan news of January 19, 2009 - Pakistan takes no foreign ...
Islamabad (APP): While India maintains its pressure to bring the culprits involved in Mumbai attacks to justice, the adviser to the Prime Minister on ...
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India keeps pressure on Pakistan over Mumbai
... to clamp down on terrorism would pay a "heavy price," as New Delhi kept pressure on Pakistan to act against militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks. ...
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Rwanda: Nyirabarame in Mumbai Marathon
Kigali — Rwanda female marathon runner Epiphanie Nyirabarame will be among the thousands of athletes competing in today's Mumbai Marathon race. ...
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Mumbai suspect's remand extended

Aljazeera.net

Rakesh Maria, a top Mumbai police official, had previously said that Indian police was "quite hopeful" of bringing formal charges against Kasab before ...
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Dr Eugene D'Souza, Mumbai

Daijiworld.com

Every four years, January 20 is a significant date in the history and politics of the United States of America. Since 1937, the President-elect of the US ...
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'State-assisted actors carried out Mumbai attacks'... and other news

'State-assisted actors carried out Mumbai attacks'

PRESS TV

India's home minister has challenged Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's claim that the Mumbai attackers were carried out by 'stateless actors'. ...
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Mumbai dossier set to blame Pakistan
By Andrew Buncombe in Delhi and Omar Waraich in Islamabad A dossier of evidence being drawn up by India about the Mumbai terror attacks claims "state ...
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Heeding the Mumbai wake-up call
By Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings Institution The terrorist attacks in Mumbai just weeks after you secured the White House in November dramatically ...
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Pak will not hand over Mumbai suspects to India

PRESS TV

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has reiterated that Islamabad would not handover the suspected Mumbai attackers to India. ...
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Should India cremate Mumbai militants, spread ashes at sea?
The bodies of nine Islamic militants killed while attacking Mumbai in November still lie in a public morgue there. Indian Islamic leaders have refused to ...
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Pakistani books go off the shelf in Mumbai
Some bookstores and music shops in Mumbai have removed works of Pakistani authors and musicians from their shops. It's a reaction to the terror attacks, ...
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India to give US Mumbai "evidence" against Pakistan
By Krittivas Mukherjee NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The sophistication of the Mumbai attack points to the involvement of "state actors" in Pakistan, India's home ...
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Mumbai the 'Sum of All Fears'
According to Time, US and Indian officials believe that the deadly Mumbai attacks were carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba, an outlawed Islamic terrorist ...
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Pakistan won't hand over Mumbai suspects
4 (UPI) -- Pakistan reiterated Sunday it will not hand over to India suspects in last year's Mumbai terror attacks, observers said. ...
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Mumbai ride high on Jaffer's ton
PTI Chennai: Wasim Jaffer led from the front with an unbeaten 162 as Mumbai, with Sachin Tendulkar yet to bat, piled up 268 for one on the opening day of ...
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BCCI to launch inter-corporate event... and other news

BCCI to launch inter-corporate event
Mumbai: Cricketers employed by Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), including petroleum companies and banks, revenue departments of the Government of India ...
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Mumbai attacks strengthen military establishment: analyst
ISLAMABAD: Security analyst and columnist Dr Ayesha Siddiqua on Saturday said Mumbai attacks had strengthened military establishment and rightist ideology ...
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Mumbai attacks an "act of war," says Rushdie
LONDON: Novelist Salman Rushdie, who grew up in what was then Bombay and insists on calling it by that name, has described the attacks on Mumbai as an "act ...
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Mumbai attackers can't just be non-state actors: India
New Delhi: Categorically rejecting the Pakistani theory that the people behind last November's Mumbai attacks were 'non-state actors', India today said the ...
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'Light the fire' order set Mumbai ablaze
TENSIONS between India and Pakistan, the rival nuclear powers, are on a knife edge this weekend as Islamabad refuses to admit that the Mumbai terrorist ...
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Grounded fliers crowd IGI terminal
"Our flight landed at 10.45 am but we were able to deboard only around 11.20 am,'' said RP Verma, a passenger from Mumbai. Airlines explained that this was ...
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Mumbai attack 'act of war', stop Western aid to Pak: Rushdie
London, Jan 3 (PTI) Terming the Mumbai attacks "an act of war" by Pakistan, acclaimed India-born author Salman Rushdie has said Islamabad should not get any ...
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India asks Pakistan to hand over Mumbai suspects
AP - January 3, 2009 10:03 AM ET GAUHATI, India (AP) - India's prime minister is demanding that Pakistan hand over suspects in the Mumbai terror attacks. ...
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Indian PM Demands Mumbai Terrorist Suspects
By VOA News Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he hopes Pakistan will have some "sense" and turn over suspects in the Mumbai terrorist attacks for ...
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Mumbai v Saurashtra, Ranji Super League semi-final, Chennai
With experience, star value, history and mental edge on their side, Mumbai start as favourites but they will be looking forward to settling scores with ...
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Mumbai attacks planned to cause war: governor... and other news

Mumbai attacks planned to cause war: governor
LAHORE: The Mumbai attacks were meant to push India and Pakistan to war to weaken both the countries, Governor Salmaan Taseer said on Friday. ...
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Slumdog Millionaire is a journey from the gutters to the stars

Times Online

His new film, Slumdog Millionaire — a gorgeous adrenalised love story set in contemporary Mumbai — has just been nominated for four Golden Globe awards, ...
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Investors Swoop In After Mumbai Attacks
Are foreign investors fleeing India after the Islamic militant attack in Mumbai on Nov. 26-29? Not at all. They have adopted Nathan Rothschild's maxim that ...
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US envoy meets Zardari on Mumbai terror attack
PTI Amid intense global pressure on Pakistan to act against the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage, the US on Friday underlined the need for New Delhi and ...
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Major carriers announce more fare cuts
The airline is also offering an all-inclusive fare of Rs 2926 for the Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi and of Rs 2176 for the Mumbai-Hyderabad-Mumbai outer. ...
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India's Bonds Rally After Central Bank Slashes Interest Rates
The yield on the 8.24 percent note due April 2018 fell 22 basis points to 5.07 percent at the 5:30 pm close in Mumbai, according to the central bank's ...
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Jet Airways slashes international fares by 25%
MUMBAI: After cutting domestic fares by 40% on Monday, the country's largest private carrier, Jet Airways, has now cut international fares and special ...
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NIA unlikely to take over Mumbai attack probe
"At this point when investigations are progressing smoothly under Mumbai's crime branch and a lot of evidence has come out, we do not want to change horses ...
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Lashkar rejects 'confession' in Mumbai probe

AFP

SRINAGAR (AFP) — The Pakistan-based militant outfit blamed for the Mumbai attacks rejected Friday a report that one of its leaders had acknowledged the ...
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The Divine Comedy of Mumbai
02, 2009 Rajanish Kakade / AP Kept in the basement of the Asiatic Society library, a colonnaded marble building in Mumbai's colonial heart, is perhaps the ...
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Pakistan conundrum hangs over Kashmir poll success... and other news

Pakistan conundrum hangs over Kashmir poll success
Though the Indian government has been careful to blame only "elements from Pakistan" for the Mumbai incidents, senior officials have spoken freely off the ...
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Son of slain Chabad emissaries to Mumbai succumbs to Tay-Sachs
By Yair Ettinger The 4-year-old son of the Chabad emissaries who were slain in last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai died yesterday of Tay-Sachs, ...
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Mumbai terror attacks: Year ends amid heightening fears of Indo ...
By Sajjad Malik ISLAMABAD: The outgoing year brought Pakistan and India to the brink of a major conflict due to November 26 Mumbai terrorist attack, ...
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Delhi fog hits flights in city on Day 2
MUMBAI: Chaos reigned at the city airport on Tuesday, as Delhi witnessed another day of one of its worst fog spells. While flight operations on the ...
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Residents of Navi Mumbai yearn for an iconic spot
NAVI MUMBAI: Every city, big or small, has a town square of sorts, a central plaza where its citizens can gather to witness historic events, speeches, or, ...
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Mumbai Finds Its Resiliency

New York Times

The pool area of Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, a central target in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November. Part of the hotel reopened last month. ...
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Pakistani Islamist admits Mumbai link
More evidence of a link between a Pakistan-based Islamist group and last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai has emerged after a leading member of the ...
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Fog in Delhi clogs up
Mumbai: Heavy fog cover over New Delhi since early Monday morning led to 14 flight diversions even as many other flights got delayed by several hours. ...
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Pak says Mumbai attackers could be Pakistanis
New Delhi: After weeks of denial, Pakistan Tuesday said for the first time that the perpetrators of the Mumbai mayhem could be Pakistani nationals. ...
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AI cuts basic fares, Jet follows suit
New Delhi | Mumbai: Following the repeated pleas of civil aviation minister to slash air fares, the state-carrier Air India today responded by announcing a ...
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JSW Steel Says Margins Will Shrink on Price Slump... and other news

JSW Steel Says Margins Will Shrink on Price Slump
31 last year, Finance Director Seshagiri Rao said yesterday in an interview in Mumbai, without giving a number. Steel prices have fallen 50 percent from ...
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No agreement with Taliban for safe movement of troops: Gilani
He said he had already assured his Indian counterpart of Pakistan's co-operation in investigating the Mumbai terror attacks. He also denied that the United ...
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Rice expresses concern over Pakistan-India tense relations
In her telephone talks, Rice also said that Pakistan had "made some positive steps" to ease the tension after the Mumbai attacks, However, "these steps need ...
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Samjhauta Express passengers want India -Pakistan service to continue
Following the terror attack in Mumbai last month, there is fear that the train service may be discontinued. People fear that it may not be possible for them ...
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Fliers vent ire on airline staff
SG851 from Mumbai to Jammu and Srinagar was supposed to land in Delhi at 8 am but due to the fog, the aircraft first waited in Mumbai and later was diverted ...
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Digvijay's Mumbai
Now he says he stands by a statement made this weekend that the Central Government had not accepted demands made by the Mumbai terrorists in the hours and ...
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Mumbai women to celebrate New Year in separate enclosure
29 Dec 2008, 2344 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: To prevent any untoward incident during the New Year celebrations, Mumbai police have said that there should be ...
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Demand for honouring policemen killed in Mumbai attacks
Mumbai (PTI): Police sub-Inspector Tukaram Ombale, who was killed while fighting terrorists during the November 26 Mumbai terror attacks, should be given ...
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Pak seeks de-escalation of tensions with India: Gilani
Islamabad, Dec 29 (PTI) Pakistan desires the de-escalation of tensions sparked by the Mumbai terror attacks and hopes that this sentiment will be ...
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Try Mumbai attack mastermind in The Hague: BJP
By A Sify Correspondent | Monday, 29 December , 2008, 15:37 Mumbai: Asking the Congress-led UPA to treat the Mumbai terror attack as an 'open war against ...
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