India

Three weeks after gunmen from the Pakistani-based group Laskar-e-Taiba killed 163 people, the targeted hotels in Mumbai have reopened.

Two Indian military planes violated Pakistani airspace on Saturday, in officially unrelated accidents.

In a speech to the Indian Parliament in New Delhi today, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the Indian military and police forces would strengthen efforts to subdue terrorists operating out of Pakistan, while asserting that war is "no solution" to the current tensions.

You've seen it on the news: Mumbai was attacked, nearly 200 dead.  greenhattedamigo makes sense of the terrorism.

Yesterday in Mumbai, India, there were a series of attacks by militant Islamic extremists on tourist locations, targeting mainly Americans, Britons, and Jews.  At least 119 people have been killed and nearly 300 injured; more are missing or taken hostage.  The attacks were extraordinarily well-executed and the Indian military is still trying to take back some locations where the extremists have camped with their hostages.

The attacks were not apparently by Al-Qaeda, but they were probably Al-Quaeda inspired. India has seen bouts of sectarian violence in Mumbai over the past 3 years.