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Arrests in Italy over Mumbai attack

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home


Two Pakistanis accused of providing logistical help to perpetrators of last year's rampage....

India forces US jet to land

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home


Confusion over call sign sees plane carrying US marines briefly grounded in Mumbai....

Review: Hits and misses make up `NY, I Love You'

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home


LOS ANGELES — The title is "New York, I Love You," and it's a collection of shorts intended as one big love letter to the city and all the romance it has to offer.

The result is a curiously bland hodgepodge – not terribly evocative of such a famous place, and not all that inspiring in the connections it depicts.

Following 2007's "Paris Je T'Aime," this is the second in a planned series of "Cities of Love" films. Each features a group of eclectic directors and well-known actors coming together to concoct brief clips; Rio, Shanghai, Jerusalem and Mumbai are next.

Inherently with such a structure, you're going to have hits and misses. Not all the segments are going to work for every viewer. But whereas "Paris Je T'Aime" had a healthy number of hits, "New York, I Love You" is the unfortunate opposite.

The challenge presented to filmmakers was intriguing, too: Each of them had two days to shoot, then a week to edit. Each short had to take place in an identifiable New York neighborhood. And each had to involve some kind of love encounter.

Jamaica: Seven Facts

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 10.02.2009 | Home


Micah Fink, for the Pulitzer CenterNumbers, statistics and dates are notoriously difficult elements in any television script. Most people find it hard...

India's Economic Growth Accelerates To 6.1 Percent

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


MUMBAI, India — India's economy picked up pace in the latest quarter as government spending helped to overcome the worst of the global downturn ...

Curvaceous cartoon heroine banned in India for racy exploits

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 08.27.2009 | Home


Multimedia reporter Ben Piven spent nine months living and researching in Mumbai, India, and describes the country’s response to a government b...

2003 Mumbai Bombing: Indian Court Finds 3 Guilty

AP | RAJESH SHAH | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


MUMBAI, India — An Indian court on Monday found two Muslim men and a woman guilty in twin bombings that killed 52 people and wounded 100 in the ...

Mumbai Water Shortage Imminent

BBC News | Posted 08.08.2009 | World


The authorities in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) have reduced water supplies by 30% as it faces one of the worst water shortages in its history....

Mumbai police chief in job switch

The Independent | Independent | Posted 07.15.2009 | Home


Mumbai's police chief has reportedly been shunted aside ahead of this week’s publication of a report into last year’s terror attacks that...

Suspected Indian Communist Rebels Kill 16 Police Officers

AP | RAJESH SHAH | Posted 06.21.2009 | World


MUMBAI, India — Suspected communist rebels ambushed a police patrol in western India on Thursday, killing 16 officers, police said. The squad w...

Which Way India? Decision Next Week

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 06.20.2009 | World


Shashi Tharoor

New Delhi -- A month after they first queued to vote in India's mammoth general election, the country's voters will learn the outcome on May 16. The e...

ANOTHER 'Slumdog' Star's Home Torn Down, Her Father Beaten

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment


MUMBAI — The 9-year-old girl who starred in "Slumdog Millionaire" dodged pieces of falling debris Wednesday as she tried to salvage twisted meta...

'Slumdog' Child Star's HOME Torn Down By Authorities

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 06.14.2009 | Entertainment


MUMBAI, India — The 10-year-old child star of "Slumdog Millionaire" was awakened Thursday by a policeman wielding a bamboo stick and ordered out...

Video: Rescue Foundation (A refuge for imprisoned girls)

SnagFilms | SnagFilms | Posted 05.30.2009 | Home


In Mumbai, thousands of young girls are kidnapped or sold against their will into the sex trade. The Rescue Foundation provides a refuge for girl...

Rafiq Qureshi Cleared: Indian Police End Probe Of 'Slumdog' Star's Dad

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 05.24.2009 | Entertainment


MUMBAI, India — Indian police said they would not charge the father of a child star in the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire," and ended their inve...

Why Danny Boyle Had To Save His "Slumdog Millionaire" Star From Being "Sold"

Bonnie Fuller | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment


Bonnie Fuller

You can't just take underprivileged children from the slums to a splashy Oscar party without near-disastrous consequences. Director Danny Boyle stepped up, but is he doing enough?

Rafiq Qureshi, Slumdog Star's Dad, In Indian Probe Over CHILD SELLING Dispute

AP | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment


MUMBAI, India — Indian police are investigating claims and counterclaims by the parents of a child star in "Slumdog Millionaire" after a British...

Slumdog Millionaire Kid Star Put Up for Sale by Father?

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.21.2009 | Home


Indian police in Mumbai are probing accusations that the father of a child star of the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" tried to sell his daug...

Mumbai Trial: Suspect Retracts Confession, Says It Was Coerced

BBC | Posted 05.18.2009 | World


The leading suspect in the Mumbai (Bombay) attacks trial has retracted his confession. The lawyer for the sole surviving suspected gunman, Mohammed A...

'Slumdog' Filmmakers Donate $747,000 To Mumbai Street Children Charity

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 05.17.2009 | Entertainment


MUMBAI, India — The makers of the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" have donated $747,500 to a charity devoted to improving the lives of street ch...

India Election: Nation Prepares For Largest Election Process In The World (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


The nation of India and its 1.2 billion residents will start heading to the polls on Thursday to elect their new prime minister and members of Parliam...

Indian nationalism begins to challenge caste destiny

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.04.2009 | Home


Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi neighborhood, where most of the workers belong to the Dhobi (washermen) caste. Photo: Ben Piven Multim...

Tinker Goes Live and Offers Micro-Payments to Micro-Bloggers

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.01.2009 | Home


Glam Media, a network of sites that offers fashion content and advertising largely for a female readership, has just launched Tinker.com, a micro-blog...

Terrorism puts a damper on South Asian cricket game

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.01.2009 | Home


Cricket is wildly popular in India, Pakistan and other South Asian countries, where there are 24-hour cricket channels and games in the street. But se...

Incest, Rape And Family Dysfunction Around The World

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


A quick round-up, just of this month, reveals a troubling repetition of incest, rape and depraved family dysfunction stories from around the world. W...