[judecg]

Times Now - totals of 3 bodies brought from the Taj and 6 hostages rescued. I think when they say hostages they mean guests who were hiding in rooms.

[Sama]

this is certainly your 9/11

[judecg]

Details of the hostages killed at Nariman. One couple killed... and their two year old child was rescued yesterday.

%$#@

[judecg]

Times Now headline says there were 4 controlled explosions at Nariman House.

[judecg]

U.S. State Dept saying 2 Americans have been killed in the attacks. 3 (so far) injured.

[Shuuro]

this picture makes me quite mad http://www.flickr.com/photos/karen_2020/3062843508/

[judecg]

All stations showing recaps of the whole episode and interviewing various people.... commentary and critiques. Obviously not much is happening out there.

How much longer than these super-human young terrorists go on?

[machadinha]

[Still slowly and carefully catching up with this thread today, so haven't read any of the latest yet. Anyway, I thought this information might bear repeating: ]

Courtesy of WikiNews, http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Grenade_..._Mumbai,_India :

Hotlines provided by foreign affairs departments
People who are concerned about the well being of friends or family may call these hotlines:

United States Department of State: 1-888-407-4747
(UK) Foreign and Commonwealth Office: +44 (0)20 7008 0000
(Australia) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: 1800 002 214
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada: 1-800-267-6788

Hotlines provided for blood donation
J.J. Hospital "022-23739400"
St George Hospital "022-22620344"
Bombay Hospital"022- 22067676 extn 216"

Many more help numbers are at http://helpmumbai.pinstorm.com/ , "A help page for the November 2008 Mumbai attacks."

WikiNews has created a follow-up article btw: Standoffs remain after Mumbai attacks.

[Mell]

How do some of the hostages get out and not others?

[Mell]

Originally Posted by judecg

How much longer than these super-human young terrorists go on?

Maybe they take turns to sleep or something.

[sannna]

To add to Machdinha's post above: Blood donations can also be given at Municipal Hospitals, newspaper Mumbai Mirror reported this morning.

[judecg]

Headlines Today : 4 bodies have been recovered from the Taj. No more news of the ongoing battle there.

[sannna]

To Jude - I was just at the neighbours watching a bit of TV and I am amazed that you can make sense of what they report. I got sick of the music score behind the footage, the sensational voices and the repetition, even after watching only ten minutes... ANd I got the feeling that I did not get any news at all.
Once again, I am so so grateful for your work keeping us updated. But please do take a rest sometime, for your own sanity. You must be exhausted after watching TV for so long and typing for two days now.

[judecg]

Originally Posted by Mell

How do some of the hostages get out and not others?

You mean Nariman House vs others?

Nariman House.. the terrorists gunned them all down themselves.

The other people being rescued.. well most of them are not actually technically hostages. They were mostly just hiding in their rooms. But the tv channels seem to interchange their terminology a lot. The interview with one rescued foreign national I saw... he got pretty annoyed when he was referred to as a hostage 'I was NOT a hostage'.

[nayan]

nariman house is clear now.