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The wife of Balasaheb Bhosale cries at his funeral in Mumbai. Her face is red with ink from her bindi, the decorative mark on her forehead. Balasaheb Bhosale was a police official who died while trying to stop gunmen at a railway station in India's commercial capital. Black-clad Indian commandoes raided two luxury hotels as they attempted to free hostages from the gunmen, and explosions shook the city, which seemed staggered by grief. Story, A15.


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Indian Commandos Battle Assailants

Attacks in Mumbai Commercial Center Kill at Least 125

By Emily Wax, Page A01

MUMBAI, Nov. 28 -- Indian army commandos struggled all day Thursday and into the early hours of Friday to regain control of two luxury hotels and a Jewish center in India's commercial capital, battling armed assailants who were part of a group that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said was...

Iraq's Parliament Approves Security Agreement With United States

Vote by Parliament Hailed as 'Historic'

By Sudarsan Raghavan, Page A01

BAGHDAD, Nov. 27 -- The Iraqi parliament on Thursday approved a security pact that requires the U.S. military to end its presence in Iraq in 2011, eight years after a U.S.-led invasion brought about the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Treasury Urged to Provide No Bailout Benefit to Private Student Lenders

Groups Urge No Bailout Benefit To Private Lenders

By Amit R. Paley, Page A01

Student advocacy groups are urging the Treasury Department to prevent a new $200 billion consumer-lending program from benefiting private student lenders, which they say are largely unregulated and prey on students with risky, high-interest loans.

Characteristics of Plot Suggest Attackers Were Trained Outside India, Analysts Say

Analysts Cite Scale, Compared With Previous Onslaughts

By Craig Whitlock and Karen DeYoung, Page A01

BERLIN, Nov. 27 -- Counterterrorism officials and experts said the scale, sophistication and targets involved in the Mumbai attacks were markedly different from previous terrorist plots in India and suggested the gunmen had received training from outside the country. But they cautioned it was too...

For Immigrants, a Ripple Effect

Tough Times Trickle Down Through Newcomers' Networks

By N.C. Aizenman, Page A01

While the economy's tailspin is spreading pain across the Washington region, it has hit many of the area's close-knit immigrant communities with particular speed and force. The dependence on one another that has contributed so much to their economic success has now created a domino effect in which...

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