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To the Point

Fallout from Bomb Blasts in India's Financial Capital

To the Point

KCRW

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4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2006

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Mumbai, formerly Bombay, has been resilient in the wake of eight simultaneous bomb explosions on the city's public train lines that killed more than 200 and injured 700 more. The trains were back on schedule less than 24 hours after the attacks and the Bombay Stock Exchange climbed a healthy three percent the following day. Indian authorities have rounded up 350 possible suspects. Similar to the 2004 bombings in Madrid and public transportation bombings in London last summer, Monday's explosions preceded peace talks--both the G8 Summit in Russia, to begin this weekend, and ongoing talks between India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf. Was it an act of international terrorism or a statement by homegrown terrorists, protesting India's quick growth toward globalization? Diana Nyad guest hosts. Making News: Israel Bombs Lebanon after Hezbollah Kidnaps SoldiersYesterday, Hezbollah militants attacked several towns in northern Israel, wounding civilians and capturing two Israeli soldiers. The Lebanese group has demanded an exchange of Arab prisoners in Israeli jails for the soldiers. Today, after Israel's concentrated attack on Lebanese airports, aimed at crippling civilian and military air access, Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel's populous port city of Haifa. We get an update from Nicholas Blanford, who's in Beirut for the Christian Science Monitor, and Kevin Peraino, who's in Jerusalem for Newsweek.Reporter's Notebook: Wider Flaws Found in Boston's Big Dig TunnelIt was conceived as a $14.6 bill engineering marvel to replace the city's central highway with an underground system. But over the course of 15 years of construction, Boston's Big Dig was fraught with trouble, from leaks and defective panels to accusations of using inferior quality concrete. On Monday, a section of tile fell and crushed a car. The driver escaped but couldn't save his wife. Joe Dwinell is assistant metro editor of the Boston Herald.

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0:00.0

From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

0:08.4

Terrorism in India. Are there new leads in Tuesday's train bombings?

0:15.4

I'm Diana Nyad sitting in for Warren Allney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

0:20.9

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. Today on the show, Indian authorities

0:26.0

have rounded up 350 or so people as possible suspects in Tuesday's bombings, which killed more

0:32.1

than 200, injuring some 700 more. Was it an act of international terrorism, or was it a statement by home-grown

0:39.4

terrorists, protesting India's quick growth toward globalization? On reporter's notebook later on,

0:45.4

the Big Dig was supposed to be Boston's engineering masterpiece, but after a subterranean ceiling

0:50.7

collapsed and killed a woman Monday, the Big Dig is at the moment more nightmare than

0:55.7

Marvel. First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica

1:05.0

and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation

1:10.4

and the John D. and

1:11.5

Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. I'm Diane and I, had sitting in for Warren Allney today, back

1:16.2

with To the Point from PRI. Mumbai, formerly Bombay, has proved to be resilient in the wake of

1:21.9

eight simultaneous bomb explosions on the city's public train lines. They killed more than

1:26.5

200, injured 700 more on Tuesday.

1:29.6

The trains ran pretty much back on schedule less than 24 hours after the attacks, and

1:33.8

the Bombay Stock Exchange climbed a healthy 3% that following day. Who's behind these attacks,

1:39.9

international terrorists or homegrown insurgents? On reporters notebook a bit later, Boston's 15-year multi-billion dollar project,

1:47.8

the Big Dig, was recently finished, but it's already showing serious, even fatal flaws.

1:53.7

First is news today.

1:55.1

Violence between Israel and Lebanon has reached crisis status.

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