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    BEIJING, Nov. 28 -- It came one day after a string of terrorist attacks that's killed 125 people so far.

    Indian commandos have been trying to regain control of India's commercial capital since Wednesday. They staged room-to-room battles in two luxury hotels to rescue people trapped by the militants.

    In his address to the nation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed the attacks on "external forces".

    Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister, said, "Existing laws will be tightened to ensure that there are no loopholes available to terrorists to escape the clutches of the law. Most importantly, it is essential to immediately set up a federal investigative agency to go into terrorist crimes of this kind and ensure that the guilty are brought to book. We will take up strongly with our neighbors that the use of their territory for launching attacks on us will not be tolerated."

    A government official announced later that the siege has ended at the Taj Mahal Hotel, and the last three gunmen there had been killed.

    Meanwhile, 84 people have been freed from the Oberoi Hotel so far. But officials say more gunmen still remain inside, holding dozens of people hostage.

    In a separate development, eight hostages have been freed from the Mumbai headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch, but the standoff with heavily armed gunmen is continuing.

    A previously unknown militant group calling itself the Deccan Mujahadeen has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

    (Source: CCTV.com)

PM: Mumbai attacks carried out by group based outside India

    MUMBAI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The attacks in Mumbai which killed more than 100 people were carried out by a group based in a foreign country, said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday.

    "It is evident that the group which carried out these attacks, based outside the country, had come with single-minded determination to create havoc in the commercial capital of the country," Singh said.

Police: Hostages in Mumbai's Taj Hotel rescued

    MUMBAI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- All hostages at Taj Hotel here have been rescued, but there could still be some people trapped at Trident Hotel and Nariman House where operations were on to flush out militants, Maharashtra police chief A N Roy said Thursday.

    All people trapped in Taj Hotel in Mumbai were rescued and there was no hostage-like situation there right now, said Director General of Police (DGP) A N Roy.

Security tightened in Mumbai after terror attacks 

   NEW DELHI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Security was tightened in Mumbai Thursday after the fierce terror attacks, police said.

At least 800 army personnel have been deployed at various locations in Mumbai.

Indian PM calls for emergency meeting

   NEW DELHI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's election rally in the capital Thursday was canceled following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Indo-Asian News Service reported.

    He has also called an emergency Cabinet meeting. Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil is back in Delhi from Mumbai for the meeting.