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  • President Bush will make a statement on the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai at 12.30 pm ET, White House sources tell @BreakingNewsOn.
  • 26 foreigners were killed. From USA, Israel, Australia, Germany, UK, Thailand, Japan, Canada, Italy, France, Singapore and Mauritius.
  • Death toll from the Mumbai attacks has been revised to 183. +300 were wounded. More than 600 were rescued in hotels and the Jewish Centre.
  • The gunmen who attacked Mumbai killing at least 195 people wanted to go down in history for an Indian 9/11 -- media reports.
  • Reuters: Suspected U.S. drone fires missile in Pakistan's North Waziristan, 2 dead - security officials
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`You could feel the heat of the fire, says woman who was trapped in Taj Hotel

November 29th, 2008 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI -
Pune, Nov.29 (ANI): A female television producer who was trapped inside Mumbais Taj Mahal Hotel on Wednesday night, has said that she could feel the heat of the fire in the ...

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Nariman House commando operation continues despite early hurrah

November 28th, 2008 - 9:34 pm ICT by ANI -
Mumbai, Nov.28 (ANI): There was a last minute drama at 7'' o clock here after National Security Guard officials denied that the operation to flush out terrorists at Nariman House was ...

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Fire breaks out again at Mumbai Taj

November 28th, 2008 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) A fire again flared up late Thursday at the iconic Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel here, with huge flames leaping up from the roof of the heritage ...

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Massive fire engulfs Himachal village

November 26th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI -
Solang (HP), Nov 26 (ANI): A major fire engulfed Solang village near Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday. The fire which started due to a faulty electric wiring, soon spread and gutted ...

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Fire at Haldiram outlet in Kolkata

November 19th, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) A fire broke out Wednesday morning at a south Kolkata outlet of Haldiram, one of India's leading sweets and snacks company, officials said. The fire broke out around ...

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Paint shop gutted near Kolkata

November 19th, 2008 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) A devastating fire broke out at a paint storehouse in Salkia of Howrah district Tuesday night, police and fire brigade officials said.Fuelled by the presence of highly combustible ...

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Two labourers killed as university gate collapses in Kolkata

November 18th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) Two labourers were killed and three injured when an under-repair gate at the Jadavpur University collapsed here Tuesday, police said.Two of the injured were hospitalised in a critical ...

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Six killed in Mumbai building collapse (Lead)

November 12th, 2008 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) At least six members of a family were killed Wednesday when a building in south Mumbai collapsed, police said. The rear portion of the Sayyed House building near ...

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Mumbai building collapse, claims four lives

November 12th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI -
Mumbai, Nov 12 (ANI): At least four people were feared dead as part of a five-storey building collapsed, which occurred at Crawford market in south Mumbai this morning. According to the fire ...

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Two killed in Mumbai building collapse

November 12th, 2008 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Two people were killed when the rear portion of a building in south Mumbai collapsed early Wednesday, fire brigade officials said.The rear portion of the Sayyed House building, ...

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20 killed in German bus accident

November 5th, 2008 - 5:44 am ICT by IANS -
Hanover (Germany), Nov 5 (DPA) Twenty people died and 12 were injured when a bus caught fire on a highway near the north German city of Hanover Tuesday evening, the police said.The ...

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Panic grips Assamese in Delhi after Assam serial blasts

October 30th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Harried people from Assam in the capital Thursday spent some anxious moments after the synchronized blasts in the state here as jammed telephone networks made it impossible ...

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20 killed as 11 serial blasts rock Assam (Lead)

October 30th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS -
Guwahati, Oct 30 (IANS) A series of coordinated blasts rocked Assam Thursday, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 100, police and eyewitnesses said.Four blasts occurred in Assam's principal city of ...

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200 fire accidents in Delhi on Diwali, 150 huts gutted

October 29th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) At least 200 incidents of fire took place in the national capital on Diwali though only one of them was declared serious as flames gutted around 150 ...

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Fire accidents dampen Diwali festivities in India

October 29th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi/Kolkata/Kanpur, Oct 29 (ANI): Diwali festivities were marred due to various fire accidents caused by firecrackers across India. In Delhi, seven people were injured, including four firemen, when a massive fire ...

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Fire breaks out in Kolkata shoe factory

October 26th, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 26 (IANS) Fire broke out in a shoe factory in north Kolkata Sunday afternoon. No one was injured, a fire brigade official said."Apparently it seems there was a short-circuit in ...

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Two tanneries gutted in Kolkata

October 24th, 2008 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) Two tanneries were destroyed in a fire that broke out here Thursday morning, the fire brigade said.The incident took place in the Tangra area of south Kolkata. "There were ...

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Four children among five killed in West Bengal fire

October 22nd, 2008 - 3:09 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 22 (IANS) Five members of a family, including four children, were killed and 120 shanties destroyed in a devastating fire at Shibpur in West Bengal's Howrah district Tuesday night."Four of ...

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Fire destroys 50 shanties in West Bengal

October 22nd, 2008 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) At least 50 shanties were destoryed in a major fire that broke out at Shibpur in West Bengal's Howrah district Tuesday night.Sources said five fire tenders were sent ...

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Handicapped man charred to death in house fire

October 16th, 2008 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) A 45-year-old physically challenged man was charred to death after his house in south Delhi caught fire due to a cooking gas leak, officials said Wednesday.Anil Kapoor, ...

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Three die in Tamil Nadu shop collapse

October 15th, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), Oct 15 (IANS) Three people, including two women, were killed and eight injured Wednesday when a shop's overhanging eave collapsed in this Tamil Nadu town, police said.A large crowd ...

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8 die in boat mishap off Gujarat coast (Lead)

October 14th, 2008 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Jamnagar, Oct 14 (IANS) Eight people, including three women and three children, were killed and 20 injured when a boat carrying around 45 people sank off the coast of the Bedi port ...

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Four dead in Arabian Sea boat capsize near Jamnagar

October 14th, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), Oct 14 (ANI): A boat ferrying 22 persons from Navabandar near Jamnagar in Gujarat has capsized in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, at least four bodies ...

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Boat mishap off Gujarat coast leaves 10 dead

October 14th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Jamnagar, Oct 14 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured when a boat carrying around 45 people sank off the coast of the Bedi port near Jamnagar in ...

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Burqa-clad bomber arrested at Islamabad Airport

Burqa-clad bomber arrested at Islamabad Airport

October 10th, 2008 - 11:52 am ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Oct 10 (ANI): Pakistan Airport Security Force arrested a bearded man wearing a burqa trying to board a plane at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad. The bomber clad in burqa ...

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Five injured in south Delhi fire

October 4th, 2008 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Three members of a family were among five people who were injured when a fire broke out inside a house in south Delhi Saturday, a fire brigade ...

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Fire Brigade called to save branch mistaken as iguana

September 29th, 2008 - 7:10 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 29 (ANI): When fire fighters were called to rescue an iguana from a 45ft tree, they had never imagined that what they were trying to rescue would eventually turn ...

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Judicial panel examines encroachments in Chennai’s commercial district

September 24th, 2008 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Sep 24 (IANS) A one-man judicial commission probing safety standards at a crowded commercial district in the city examined several encroachments on a street where a fire mishap at a supermarket ...

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Hotel Marriott owner vows to rebuild it in three months

September 22nd, 2008 - 11:22 am ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , Sept 22 (ANI): The Marriott Hotel, which was reduced to ashes in Saturdays massive suicide attack detonated by around 1000 kg RDX, will be rebuilt within three months at ...

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Czech envoy among the dead in Pak hotel blast

September 21st, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , Sept 21 (ANI): Czechoslovakian ambassador in Islamabad Ivo Zdarek was among the 53 people killed in yesterdays fidayeen attack on a hotel, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani confirmed ...

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