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Mumbai stories: 110 news summaries

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 Terror Suspects 
 in Chicago 
 Linked to 
 Mumbai 

Men's trail leads to Pakistan, Bollywood

Nov 19, 09 3:50 AM CST
(Newser) - A pair of Chicago-based men busted last month in a plot to kill the Danish Mohammed cartoonist are now suspected of helping plot the Mumbai attacks last year. Suspect David Headley—who changed his name from Daood Gilani to make border crossings easier, according to the FBI—is believed to... More »

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 Resurgent Militants 
 Could Ignite 
 India-Pakistan War 

India braces for fresh attacks that could spark war

Sep 30, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pakistan-based terror network that organized the slaughter of 163 people in Mumbai last year is still thriving, and security officials on both sides of the border fear it's only a matter of time before operatives attack India again. Lashkar-e-Taiba enjoys broad support within Pakistan, its top leadership remains intact... More »

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Pakistan • India • terror plots • Islamic extremists • Inter Service Intelligence • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

(AP) - The lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks said today that he is ready to go to the gallows and wants no mercy from the court for his role in terrorist assault, which left 166 people dead. "Whatever I have done, I have done in this world. It would... More »

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death penalty • India • court • guilty plea • Mumbai • Ajmal Amir Kasab • Mumbai attacks

Clinton Urges India to Tackle Climate Change, Terrorism

Clinton says US, India allies in fight
against terrorism

Jul 18, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton opened a visit to India today by urging the country not to repeat American mistakes in contributing to global pollution, the AP reports. "We acknowledge now, with President Obama, that we have made mistakes in the United States, and we, along with other developed countries, have contributed... More »

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 Slumdog Kid Gets New Home 


Jul 4, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Azharuddin Ismail, the child actor who played the main character’s brother in Slumdog Millionaire, moved into a new home in an upmarket Mumbai suburb today, the BBC reports. A trust set up by the film’s producers paid for the house and is hunting for a similar abode... More »

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India • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • women's issues

 Pakistan Releases 
 Mumbai Suspect, 
 India Outraged 

India unhappy with move

Jun 2, 09 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan has released the leader of a group who had been arrested in connection with November’s Mumbai attacks, the New York Times reports, enraging neighboring India. A Pakistani court deemed Hafiz Muhammad Saeed’s detention unconstitutional, said his lawyer, after concluding there wasn’t enough evidence to hold him.... More »

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Pakistan • India • Mumbai • terror suspects • Mumbai attacks • Jamaat-ud-Dawa • Hafiz Muhammad Saeed

(Newser) - The makers of Slumdog Millionaire have bought a home for one of the film’s Indian child actors whose real-life shanty was demolished by the Mumbai government, Reuters reports. Azharuddin Ismail is now living in a “comfortable” apartment “in a good neighborhood near his school,” an... More »

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India • homeless • Mumbai • Danny Boyle • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • shanty • Christian Colson

 Second Slumdog 
 Kid's Home Torn Down 

Ali's father beaten by police in demolition

May 20, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(AP) - The shanty home of another Slumdog Millionaire child star was torn down by Mumbai authorities today as they demolished part of a city slum where she lived. The stepmother of 9-year-old Rubina Ali, who portrayed a young Latika, the Oscar-winning film's heroine, said her husband was beaten by police who... More »

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film • India • Mumbai • demolition • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

 Slumdog Star's 'Illegal' 
 Home Demolished 

Family had lived there 15 years

May 14, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mumbai officials tore down the home of Slumdog Millionaire child star Azharuddin Ismail, calling the slum dwelling illegal construction. Ismail’s mother says the family lived there 15 years before police arrived unannounced. “We didn’t even get a chance to remove our belongings,” she tells the Telegraph.... More »

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India • Mumbai • child star • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • Jay-ZTV

 Megacities Stagger India 

Out-of-control urbanization threatens to drag down Indian economy for years

May 13, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The explosive growth of India's cities is threatening to drag down the country's economy for decades to come, economists tell the Wall Street Journal. The global trend toward urbanization has gone into overdrive in India, but most cities aren't prepared to deal with the influx of migrants from the countryside,... More »

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India • infrastructure • Mumbai • urbanization • cities • Calcutta • urban planning • slums • Lucknow, India

 Mumbai Suspect 
 Pleads Not Guilty 

Says he's 21 years old; co-defendants also plead not guilty

May 6, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(AP) - The only surviving suspected gunman in last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai pleaded not guilty today to all charges against him, including waging war against India and murder. The presiding judge read out all the charges against Mohammed Ajmal Kasab in a Mumbai courtroom; Kasab responded with a plea of... More »

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 Slumdog Star's 
 Mom, Stepmom 
 Lock Horns 

Stepmom says biological mom had no interest in Rubina Ali until the Oscars

Apr 20, 09 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mother and stepmother of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali slapped and tore at each other in a Mumbai slum today, the Daily Mail reports. The mother started the catfight after Ali's dad, Rafiq Qureshi, was arrested for allegedly trying to sell the 9-year-old for £200,000. “You... More »

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India • children • fight • Mumbai • slavery • Slumdog Millionaire • Rubina Ali • Rafiq Quresh

 Slumdog 
 Dad: I'm Not 
 Selling My Kid 

Rumors part of a 'dirty' media scheme, he says

Apr 20, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The father of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali tells the BBC he’s not selling his daughter, contrary to a News of the World report he called a “dirty” scheme. The media “made fun of our poverty,” Rafiq Qureshi said. “They tricked us into this... More »

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adoption • India • Mumbai • child star • sale • Slumdog Millionaire • Rubina Ali • Rafiq Quresh

 Dad Wants to Sell 
 Slumdog Child Star 

Rubina Ali's dad asks for $300k to adopt 9-year-old

Apr 19, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The family of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali really is stuck in the slums of Mumbai, and her father may be trying to trade her in for his ticket out, the News of the World reports. The tab contacted Rafiq Qureshi, posing as a rich Dubai couple interested in... More »

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entertainment • adoption • India • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali

 Slumdog Makers Give 
 $740K to Educate Poor 

Fun intended to hush critics who call film 'poverty porn'

Apr 17, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - To combat accusations that Oscar sensation Slumdog Millionaire is a form of “poverty porn,” the filmmakers have donated about $740,000 toward a health education initiative in Mumbai’s slums, the Times of London reports. The funds are in addition to trusts set up for the movie’s... More »

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philanthropy • entertainment • charity • donation • poverty • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

Mumbai Gunman Retracts 'Coerced' Confession

Kasab gets new lawyer; trail begins after delays

Apr 17, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sole surviving gunman and top suspect in the Mumbai massacre has retracted his confession, which his new lawyer says was coerced, the BBC reports. Now, the judge must decide whether the confession will count in the case, in which Pakistani Mohammed Ajmal Kasab is accused of killing 166 people... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • lawyer • Mumbai • murder trial • attorney • Ajmal Amir Kasab • Mumbai attacks • Mohammed Ajmal Kasab

India Begins Trial of Surviving Mumbai Gunman

Kasab appears via video link from prison, could face death

Mar 23, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(AP) - The trial of the surviving gunman from last year's Mumbai terror attacks began today with Mohammed Ajmal Kasab addressed the court via video link from prison because of concerns he poses too great a security risk to appear in person. He indicated to an Indian court today he would accept... More »

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 Slumdog Star 'Very' Sick 

Social worker worries about emotional effect of US tour

Mar 1, 09 3:18 PM CST
(Newser) - One of Slumdog Millionaire’s child stars is severely ill after returning to India from his whirlwind American tour, the Telegraph reports. Ten-year-old Azharuddin Ismail developed a temperature of 103 and started vomiting after arriving at his Mumbai slum home. His illness comes as critics slam the psychological effects of... More »

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Hollywood • illness • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • slums

(Newser) - Angered that his son wouldn’t play to a crowd welcoming 10-year-old Slumdog Millionaire actor Azharuddin Mohammed back to Mumbai, the boy’s father administered a public beating today, the Sun reports. Azharuddin arrived home yesterday following the film’s Oscar triumph, and had the day off school; when he... More »

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domestic violence • award show • Mumbai • movies • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • slums • abusive parents • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

 Slumdog Kids Back in Slum 

Child actors receive heroes' welcome in Mumbai

Feb 27, 09 7:15 AM CST
(Newser) - No more red carpet: The two child stars of Slumdog Millionaire have returned from Hollywood to their now-infamous Mumbai slum, CNN reports. The pair, excited from the trip but exhausted from the media attention, were greeted by enthusiastic crowds. Rubina Ali, 9, says she has heard rumors of new homes... More »

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Hollywood • child actors • India • Mumbai • movies • Slumdog Millionaire

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