People participate in a candlelit vigil held outside the Taj Mahal hotel, in background, to pay tribute to the victims of the Mumbai attacks, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008.

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Attacks on Mumbai hotel wound city's psyche

The bullets that riddled Mumbai's grand Taj Mahal hotel and the flames that engulfed its majestic dome gutted not only the historic building, but also a proud symbol of India's independence. 1228291398

India suspects to be tried in Pakistan

The Pakistani president says 20 terrorist suspects wanted by India in the wake of the Mumbai attacks will be tried in Pakistan if there is evidence of wrongdoing. 1228289006
Funky Islamic fashion struts conservative catwalk

After years of turning heads with her riotously colorful frocks in Malaysia, fashion designer Tom Abang Saufi can't decide whether to shed a few shades on her batik dresses for the Middle East. 1228285101
Mexican suspected in police killings beheaded

A man suspected of shooting his mother and killing three police officers called to the scene was found beheaded in southern Mexico on Tuesday, authorities said. 1228280301
5 Filipino troops killed in communist attack

Communist rebels ambushed an army vehicle with a land mine blast and gunfire, killing five soldiers and wounding two others, the military said Wednesday, after the guerrillas ruled out a resumption of stalled peace talks. 1228278500
Chinese police to dispatch anti-terror liaisons

China will send additional police officers to liaison with security forces in countries facing major terror threats, in a bid to boost cooperation and head off attacks, the Public Security Ministry said Wednesday. 1228276098
Rice arrives in India in wake of Mumbai attacks

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday as part of a U.S. effort to ease tensions in the region after a three-day terrorist attack killed 171 people in India's financial capital. 1228291701
India demands Pakistan hand over fugitives, testing pledge of cooperation

India demanded Tuesday that Islamabad hand over 20 fugitives it says have taken refuge in Pakistan, in an escalation of the confrontation between the two countries in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.
Egypt lifts ban on its doctors working in Saudi

Egypt is again allowing its doctors to work in Saudi Arabia, lifting a ban imposed last month after two Egyptian doctors working there were sentenced to lengthy prison terms and 1,500 lashes each.
Chavez seeks to remove term limits

Hugo Chavez wants to remain president of Venezuela for life, and this week he began campaigning for Venezuelans to lift term limits so he can run for re-election indefinitely.
U.S. subcontractor confined more than 1,000 foreign workers in Iraq warehouses

About 1,000 Asian men who were hired by a Kuwaiti subcontractor to the U.S. military have been confined for as long as three months in windowless warehouses near the Baghdad airport without money or a place to work.
Ship carrying road salt sinks off Newfoundland

A cargo ship carrying a load of road salt to French-owned islands off eastern Canada capsized and sank Tuesday off Newfoundland, triggering a search for the four crewmen.
UN probe looks at more suspects in Hariri killing

A U.N. special commission investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri reported Tuesday that it has uncovered fresh evidence that could lead to more suspects.
As Israel buries its Mumbai victims, accusations simmer

Scores of mourners in black hats and coats converged on the Mount of Olives graveyard as Israelis here and across the country buried six Jews killed in last week's Mumbai siege that claimed at least 173 lives.
Former Mexican interior secretary dead at 59

Former Interior Secretary Carlos Abascal, an impassioned proponent of putting Christianity back into Mexican politics, died Tuesday of stomach cancer, his conservative National Action Party said. He was 59.
Iraqi, Kuwaiti navies to police waterways together

The Iraqi and Kuwaiti navies have agreed to patrol their common waterways together to guard against terrorism and smuggling in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Tuesday.
Zimbabwe faces water cuts amid cholera crisis

As children played near cesspools, their parents shook their heads at a public service announcement drifting over the radio Tuesday: It urged people to boil water before drinking it.
Brazil aims to repair ports destroyed by floods

Brazil is committed to quickly repairing key ports damaged in massive floods in order to recoup millions of dollars in daily losses to the economy, a government official said Tuesday.
Talks to form coalition government in Romania

Two political parties won almost the same number of parliamentary seats in Romania's national election, and both said they were willing to talk with rivals about forming a coalition government, officials said Tuesday.
Pakistan Islamists fan tensions with India

Taliban fighters battling Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border volunteered Tuesday to fight alongside the army if war breaks out with traditional foe India over the Mumbai attacks.