Commandos move to free hostages in Mumbai hotels (AP)

The rescue efforts, which continued throughout the day, were punctuated by frequent gunshots and explosions and orange flames billowed from the Taj Mahal hotel . Hostages and several bodies trickled out of the buildings.

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More than 300 were also wounded in the highly coordinated attacks Wednesday night by bands of gunmen who invaded two five star hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station, a Jewish center and at least five other sites, armed with assault rifles, hand grenades and explosives. After dusk Thursday, the soldiers ushered several dozen captives out of the Oberoi hotel , another Mumbai landmark.

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