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...factory's front entrance, his 3-year-old son Qian Jie tugging at his sleeve. The factory is now closed; a few security guards stand inside the locked gate. Posted each evening at the front entrance is a sheaf of documents, the latest rulings from a local court on compensation claims filed by many of He Jun's 4,000 workers, Wei included. "They process a few of them a day, so I come back every other day to check and see if my case is on the list," Wei says. He has no luck again. "I'll just wait...
...terrorists? That too is unclear. A group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen sent an e-mail to news organizations early Thursday morning claiming responsibility for the attacks. Two of the terrorists spoke to a local news channel, India TV, to air their grievances: "When so many of us were killed, who did anything for us?" a man called Shadullah asked, referring to anti-Muslim riots in northern India in 1992 and '93. He said he was among seven people holding hostages at the Oberoi but didn't make any specific demands other than for the release of other mujahedin jailed...
...India. (Major General R.K. Hooda, an army officer who was the commander for today's military operations, hinted that their accents might have been Pakistani.) So far, there have been little more than hints and platitudes from the steady stream of high-profile visitors to south Mumbai: the local strongman Raj Thackeray, Maharashtra state chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Member of Parliament Milind Deora. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are said to be on their way to the city, as is opposition BJP leader L.K. Advani. The question is, Will they do anything to better prepare this...
...pittance they are offering us." They refused to leave the plant, and according to eyewitnesses, security guards started to get aggressive, pushing and shoving them to leave. At that point, Shao says, "things got out of control." Workers fought back against the security guards, who quickly called the local police for assistance. Then more workers joined in. Some moved into the factory's office and began breaking windows and computers. When the police showed up, they were immediately on the defensive. Two squad cars were overturned and trashed, as were five police motorcycles. The police called in reinforcements, and five...
...That's the reason Wei Dong Li of He Jun shows up at the closed factory gate each evening, awaiting the court's ruling on how much he and others should be paid. "The [local] government has told us that this issue will be resolved by the end of this month, so I should find something out soon from the court [about the severance]." But he acknowledges that he doesn't have much faith that the authorities will come through with any assistance, and in the meantime, his money is running out. "I've posted...