MUMBAI: A top army general says anti-terrorist operations in Mumbai should be over within a few hours. The comments by Lt. Gen. N. Thamburaj came shortly after teams of commandos roped from helicopters onto the roof of the Mumbai headquarters of an ultra-orthodox Jewish group, and as hostages were being escorted from the luxury Oberoi hotel.Both places had been attacked by gunmen Wednesday night. More than 119 people were killed and hundreds more injured when suspected Islamic militants attacked 10 sites in Mumbai.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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