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LENIN'S TOMB: Mumbai

Who are these people who have attacked hotels, restaurants and other tourist haunts in Mumbai, India? Official sources want to point fingers at Pakistan or Al Qaeda. Others want to point to domestic Muslim radicals. There's some evidence pointing in both directions.

Lenin's Tomb offers some genuinely penetrating analysis of the crisis, by someone who clearly knows something. Can't vouch for the analysis completely, but it's certainly thought-provoking.

Gunmen kill at least 78 in rampage across Mumbai

Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital Wednesday night, killing at least 78 people and taking Westerners hostage, police said. A group of suspected Muslim militants claimed responsibility.

Bombers had Pakistani help

The bombers who targeted Bombay's rail system had support from inside Pakistan, India's prime minister said, warning that the nuclear-armed rivals' peace process could be derailed unless Islamabad reins in terrorists. Initial fallout came quickly, with high-level India-Pakistan talks planned for July 20 canceled,

India detains Mumbai suspects

India pointed the finger at Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba on Thursday as the prime suspect for coordinated bombings in the country's largest city, as police said they had detained about 20 people.

Rain, blood and sirens

On foot and by rickshaw, from train station to hospital, a Mumbai writer surveys the aftermath of the bombings.