Wealthy British Shipping Tycoon Andreas Liveras Shot in Mumbai Hotel Attacks

From the Daily Mail:

A British shipping tycoon died after being gunned down by terrorists in a Mumbai hotel today.
Andreas Liveras, a 73 year-old entrepreneur spoke of his terror on his mobile phone, as he and other guests were locked in the basement of the fivestar Taj hotel while gunmen ran amock and bombs exploded.


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Liveras was one of hundreds of guests huddled in the basement of the famous Taj hotel in south Mumbai attacked last night India time in the horrific and mass scale terror shootings and bombings across the commercial capital of India.

Its not clear what happened to the other tourists, hotel staff and locals huddled in the hotel basement with the deceased well known tycoon.




MV Alpha: India Blaming Pakistani Militants for Mumbai Terror Attacks

Indian military have boarded a ship with origins in Karachi Pakistan, as media speculate that the terrorists involved in the situation in Mumbai are Pakistani nationals.

The navy has "located the ship and now we are in the process of boarding it and searching it," an offical said.

Earlier, Indian media showed pictures of black and yellow rubber dinghies found by the shore near the famous Taj Hotel on the Mumbai shore front. They were apparently used by the gunmen to reach the area, media reported.

Mumbai, on the western coast of India overlooking the Arabian Sea.

Via Yahoo News/AP

Mumbai Attacks: "Straight Out of a Hollywood Blockbuster"

UPDATE: Indian Commandos Raid HOTEL: Watch it unfold HERE.

Even in a country used to the sight of bombings and other attacks due to the various levels of ethnic, religious and political tensions, Indian media and people are struggling to comprehend the magnitude and scale of the situation in city of 20 million, Mumbai.

CNN-IBN TV host said that it was something "straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster" as she crossed to a correspondent outside one of a number of hotels were terrorist gunman have taken "Western hostages".

A number of anti-terrorist police and officials lost their lives in the attacks which saw gunmen dressed in black raiding five star hotels, resteraunts, cinemas, shopping centres, train stations, a domestic airport and a hospital.

The attacks saw men in mulitple viechles driving around the city shooting indiscrimanatley at unsuspectign people in the streets and at the various sites around Mumbai. A number of car bombs also explode around the city. The number of incidents and gunmen is still unclear even now.

Fires are still raging at various hotels in the city and chaos still reigns.

Watch Live coverage of the dramatic and unfolding situation now in its 12th hour from english language CNN-IBN




FBI Warns of New York Subway Terror Attack Tuesday.

US authorities have warned of a possible terror attack mounted by Al Qaeda on the New York city sub way system in the coming days, reports the Associated Press :

An internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says the FBI has received a "plausible but unsubstantiated" report that al-Qaida terrorists in late September may have discussed attacking the subway system.

Anti-terror agencies say they have no specific details to confirm the plot has moved "beyond aspirational planning," but are issuing the alert out of concern that an attack could come during the holiday season," warns the memo, which is dated Tuesday.

Obama Wants To Keep BlackBerry: I Dont Want to Lose Touch


President-elect Barack Obama and the love of his life, a BlackBerry.

US President-elect Barack Obama says that he is attempting to find a way of keeping access to his BlackBerry device after he was told he could not use the popular wireless emailing device due to a legal requirment for all transactions to be put stored for later use on the public record.

In an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters, Obama talked about the importance of breaking through the isolation faced by the president, reports said.

"Well, I'm, I'm negotiating to figure out how can I get information from outside of the 10 or 12 people who surround my office in the White House," Obama says in the interview. "Because, one of the worst things I think that could happen to a president is losing touch with what people are going through day to day."

Obama's personal BlackBerry has been his constant companion for years and especially on the campaign trail in 2007 and 2008, that kept him "plugged in" to the world outside just his inner circle.

President Bush was apparently very upset when he discovered he could no longer email when he gained office in January 2001. Some arguments have been made that the use of devices where Presidents can talk to others on the outside may help in the decision making process and make for good leadership.

There is also the argument that Obama's BlackBerry could be hacked by foreign intelligence agencies or other undesirables that could be a national security threat.

Then again, aruges the Chicago Tribune, why doesn't he just use an iPhone instead....

As of September 2008, there were some 19 million subscribers to the BlackBerry brand.

Felipe E. Sixto: Former Bush Aide Arrested for Theft

A new man for super lame duck President George Bush to pardon?

Felipe Sixto, a former aide to US President George Bush has been arrested and charged with stealing. The former special assistant to President George W. Bush for intergovernmental affairs was arrested for theft of $5,000 or more from a federally aided program that promotes democracy in Cuba, The Center for a Free Cuba.

29-year-old Sixto worked with Native American groups and Hispanic officials on Cuba, Puerto Rico, health, labor, transportation, the environment and energy.

Via: Huffington Post




US Economy Worse Than Thought

The worlds largest economy tumbled in the last quarter, by far the worst decline in at least 7 years.

Gross Domestic Product fell some .5% in the three months ending September, figures show. That compares to GDP growth of 3% the previous quarter. The US economy is indeed in a very bad recession.

The third quarter drop was the biggest for the economy since a 1.4% decline in the third quarter of 2001, the last full quarter that the U.S. economy was judged to be in a recession, money.com reported.

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