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Sophisticated Attacks, but by Whom? — PARIS — A day after the terror attacks in Mumbai that killed over 100 people, one question remained as impenetrable as the smoke that still billowed from two of the city's landmark hotels: who carried out the attacks?
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‘Eight Israelis held by terrorists in Mumbai Chabad House’ — Indian commandos and police were evacuating civilians and cordoning off the area apparently in preparation to storm the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, where a rabbi, his wife and several other Israelis were being held hostage, according to IBN, an Indian news agency.
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Mumbai toll climbs as hotel standoffs continue — MUMBAI, India (CNN) — Indian police are still battling to release hostages the morning after gunmen carried out brazen attacks across southern Mumbai, killing more than 100 people and taking hostages in multiple locations.
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Indian Forces Tighten Grip on Mumbai
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Foreign Ministry: Israeli hostages in Mumbai may be dead
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78 killed, 200 hurt in Mumbai shootings
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The Moderate Voice, Times of London, Jerusalem Post, MSNBC, Israel Matzav and Jihad Watch
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Iraqi Parliament Approves U.S. Security Pact — BAGHDAD — The Iraqi Parliament ratified a long-delayed security agreement on Thursday that lays out a three-year timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq. — For Iraq and the United States, the pact's passage through Parliament …
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Iraqi Lawmakers Extend Agreement With U.S. Military for 3 Years — The Iraqi Parliament on Thursday approved a security pact that charts the way for the U.S. military to end its presence in Iraq eight years after the invasion by a U.S.-led coalition led to the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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We're doing some things just right. — Us Mercenary Bastid War Profiteer Contractor Parasites got a break from teaching Iraqi kaydets how to stay alive after slipping the surly bonds of earth at about noon today. I stopped to chat with two of the Kurdish kaydets in Class 70.
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Things To Be Thankful For In A Troubled World — The war in Iraq is looking more and more like peace. Afghanistan, while reportedly in flux and seeing more violence, is not the conflagration some reports suggest it is. There have been 17 American military deaths in Iraq so far this month …
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Good Time For a Brainy President — When I started covering the White House more than 50 years ago, I believed that the smarter a president was, the better he would be. That was wrong. — Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan were certainly not intellectuals, but they understood the power …
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A Night Out In Mumbai (Updated) — This is turning out to be one crazy night. A friend of mine had an opening of her art exhibition a few hours ago, so we ventured to South Bombay for that. We attended the exhibition, sipped the litchee juice, nibbled on party snacks, and then six of us headed out for dinner.
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MASSACRE in Mumbai: Amit Varma was there. I'm glad he's ok.
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Times of India, Guardian, Hot Air, Fox News, Sky News, Power Line, Classical Values and Gateway Pundit
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If you only read one thing on China this fall ... Make sure it is the latest World Bank China Quarterly. — David Dollar, Louis Kuijs and their colleagues have outdone themselves - and in the process provided a clear assessment of the sources of China's current slowdown and the risks that lie ahead.
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Deepak Chopra on Mumbai: Too Controversial for CNN? — A CNN journalist interviewed Deepak Chopra last night about his take on the Mumbai attacks and how to prevent similar attacks in the future, but it looked like producers cut Chopra off when he started to get too controversial.
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Bush: ‘I will miss being Commander-in-Chief’ — In his last Thanksgiving address in the White House, President Bush said Thursday that he will miss being the leader of the U.S. armed forces. — “During this holiday season, we give thanks for those who defend our freedom.
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