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27 November 2008 Christopher Hire

NEWS. India. Mumbai. — 80 are dead, between 200-900 injured, based on initial reports after terrorist attacks in Mumbai India.

Piles of corpses have been reported under the stairs in the Taj. Foreigners are held hostage, and scores of Indian citizens have been injured or killed.

Terrorists, Deccan Mujaheddin, have claimed responsibility.

5 ways to Track the events real time.

1. Start

2thinknow channel on twitter has been posting updates.

2. Broaden

Search using hashtags, a twitter related convention. http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Mumbai

3. Track News.

For more news track media on Google News

4. See Where.

Google Maps, such as this one, by Omar, from Doha, Qatar.

5. Read Live Commentary.

Numerous people are posting blogs, so search on Technorati.

That was a live blog post from http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/alive

Or Technorati Search mumbai.

www.technorati.com/search/mumbai?authority=a4&language=en

Also check out: http://globalvoicesonline.org/

Get the word out!

These horrific attacks have potential to impact present & future India, BRIC countries and the globe. Such attacks have no place in a civilized world.

Yet it seems, many mainstream media are not as interested as they might be, prefeerring to cover more minor local stories.

Select the important news, not more mindless Murdoch-drivel.

Blog, write & comment on Mumbai, using social media .

Please note not all sources & commentary have been verified. We have no reason to believe the above sources are false, but cannot verify in real time.

Keep in the Loop.

Please post any social media resources below in Comments or on twitter (using #mumbai in post).

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Author: Christopher Hire (197 Articles)

Executive Director of Innovation, at 2thinknow. Innovation analyst. Based in Melbourne, Australia.

2 Comments »

WatchingEventsUnfold said:

Don’t forget: watch live news feed from india on:
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video_live.aspx?id=0

and citizen photo-journalism on flickr:
http://flickr.com/photos/vinu/sets/72157610144709049/

# 27 November 2008 at 10:05 am

Mumbai. Eyewitness.: International Journal of Innovation & Change | 2thinknow said:

[...] By 2thinknow Staff On November 27th, 2008 « Mumbai, Corpses under Taj stairs. Follow in REAL time on Social Media. [...]

# 27 November 2008 at 10:31 am

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