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Monday, December 1, 2008

Americans’ tales tell of blood, barricades

PUBLIC PAIN: Mourners place flower petals around photos of police officers killed in the siege, which lasted 60 hours.
By Associated Press
MUMBAI, India - After the gunmen left, a waiter whispered, “If you can move,...
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Mumbai gunman a Pakistani militant

PUBLIC PAIN: Grief grips all at a memorial service yesterday for the victims of the terrorist attack at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India.
By Associated Press
MUMBAI, India - The only gunman captured after a 60-hour terrorist siege of Mumbai...
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India demands strong action from Pakistan

By Associated Press
MUMBAI, India - India demanded Monday that Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the deadly Mumbai attacks, and Washington pressured Islamabad...

Condoleezza Rice: Pakistan must cooperate in terror probe

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
By Associated Press
LONDON -The United States has told Pakistan it expects nothing short of complete cooperation in investigations into...

NATO trucks attacked in Pakistan; bomber kills 8

A terminal worker stands beside a burnt Humvee military vehicle caused by insurgents’ attack at the Fasial terminal in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.
By Associated Press
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Militants destroyed trucks ferrying Humvees to Western forces in Afghanistan today in an attack...

Thai protesters reinforce besieged airports

The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protester shows a picture of Thai king and queen during an anti-government rally at the besieged Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.
By Associated Press
BANGKOK, Thailand - Protesters trying to force the prime minister’s resignation brought in thousands of reinforcements...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

51 protesters wounded in Bangkok explosions

Policemen man a checkpoint near the Suvarnabhumi airport compound early Sunday in Bangkok, Thailand.
By Associated Press
BANGKOK, Thailand - Attackers set off explosions at anti-government protest sites Sunday, wounding 51 people and raising...

Mumbai cop, left for dead, rides with gunmen

In this Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008 file photo, Mumbai police constable Arun Jadhav, the only survivor from the hijacked Mumbai police vehicle, recovers from wounds received during the terror rampage, at a hospital in Mumbai, India.
By Associated Press
MUMBAI, India - The militants waited in the shadows for the police van to pass, and...
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Ten gunmen behind India violence

By Associated Press
MUMBAI, India - A mere 10 gunmen perpetrated the 60-hour terror rampage across India’s financial capital that ended yesterday when commandos killed the...

India security chief resigns after Mumbai attacks

By Associated Press
MUMBAI, India - With corpses still being pulled from a once-besieged hotel, India’s top security official resigned Sunday as the government struggled...

A look at confirmed foreigner deaths in Mumbai

By Associated Press
At least 174 people, including 18 foreigners, were killed after gunmen attacked 10 sites across India’s financial capital starting Wednesday night. —...

Chinese leader says China losing competitive edge

The man at right makes a living selling the roasted potatoes to passersby. China’s top economic planner warned Thursday that the impact of the global financial crisis is worsening and said rising job losses could fuel instability.
By Associated Press
BEIJING - Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that China has started to lose its competitive edge in trade amid the global...

Bush calls India’s leader to pledge solidarity

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush assured India’s leader on Sunday that the U.S. government will put its full weight behind the investigation into...

US rabbi gives account of Mumbai hostage ordeal

This is handout photo provided by a family member showing Rabbi Leibish Teitelbaum, a U.S. citizen who lived in Jerusalem, who was killed in an attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai this week.
By Associated Press
JERUSALEM - An American rabbi said Sunday that he heard a woman’s desperate cry for help as he spoke to one of...

Journalists caught in crackdown by Myanmar junta

By Associated Press
YANGON, Myanmar - Two journalists have been jailed for seven years each on charges of undermining Myanmar’s military junta after they were caught with...

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