Motivation for Mumbai Attacks Murky

December 3, 2008

    An image released on Dec. 1, 2008 of Ajmal Qasab who police say was one of the attackers captured during attacks in Mumbai

By Gary Thomas

Washington,DC (RushPRnews)12/03/08-The terrorist attack that left more than 170 people dead in the Indian city of Mumbai remains shrouded in mystery. Charges, countercharges, and sketchy and sometimes contradictory information have contributed to confusion about the attack. As VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, the most pressing questions about the attack are: who and why?
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MUMBAI UPDATE:Maharashtra to have security council, commando team: Deshmukh

December 2, 2008

Mumbai, India(RushPRnews)12/02/08- Maharashtra will soon have a security council and a crack commando team of its own to tackle terror in the state, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh announced here Monday.
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Bomb scare in south Delhi market

December 2, 2008

New Delhi, India(RushPRnews)12/02/08-Shops shut down, people ran helter skelter and the bomb disposal squad arrived at a market in south Delhi Monday evening after an auto-rickshaw driver raised an alarm, saying that passengers might have planted bombs in his vehicle. However, what were suspected to be bombs turned out to be crackers.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Urges Pakistan to Cooperate With Mumbai Investigation

December 1, 2008

By Tom Rivers

LONDON (RushPRnews)12/01/08-U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is calling on Pakistan to fully cooperate with the Indian investigation into the Mumbai massacre. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from London.In London, on a shortened trip to Europe to accommodate a visit to India later this week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the U.S. has told Pakistan that it expects clear, transparent cooperation with the Indian investigation into the Mumbai massacre.
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Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil Resigns Following Mumbai Attacks

November 30, 2008

By Steve Herman

India’s home minister resigned Sunday — the first political casualty after the unprecedented terror attack on the country’s commercial capital.


New Delhi, India (RushPRnews)11/30/08
-The political fallout from the Mumbai terror attack is beginning to take its toll on the administration of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. As Mr. Singh convened an all-party meeting to discuss security, his home minister submitted his resignation. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi.
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Pakistan Withdraws Pledge to Send Spy Chief to India

November 30, 2008

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi By Ayaz Gul

Islamabad, Pakistan(RushPRnews)11/30/08-Pakistan has urged India to lower bilateral tensions that are running high over Indian allegations that the terrorists behind Mumbai’s deadly assaults have links with Pakistani extremist groups. The Pakistani foreign minister has reiterated his country stands ready to help New Delhi investigate the violence and will move against any local group in Pakistan if India produced solid evidence. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad.
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Cambodian Women Suffer Increasing Violence

November 29, 2008

A gruesome assault on two Cambodian women highlights what the government says is an escalating pattern of violence against women.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia(RushPRnews)11/29/08—A Khmer-American man has confessed to pouring gasoline on his fiancée and her sister and burning them at their home in Cambodia’s northwestern Battambang province, authorities here say, amid what the government describes as a worsening pattern of violence against women.
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Indian PM Calls High-Level Meetings in Wake of Mumbai Attacks

November 29, 2008

By Steve Herman

New Delhi, India(RushPRnews)11/29/08-India’s prime minister Saturday called together the country’s top military and intelligence chiefs. Officials say he wanted details on the Mumbai terrorist attacks and the responsive actions being taken. In New Delhi, VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports the government is finding itself under immediate pressure to show its resolve amid political criticism.
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Do Not Blame Pakistan for Attacks - PM Yousuf Raza Gilani to India

November 28, 2008

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza GilanBy Ayaz Gul

Pakistan’s Gilani to Send Spy Agency Chief to Mumbai

Islamabad(RushPRnews)11/28/08-Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says Indian leaders must not blame his country for this week’s deadly terror attacks in Mumbai. And in an unprecedented move, he has agreed to send the chief of Pakistan’s top spy agency to India to help investigate the violence. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad.
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