Amazingly, despite being trapped inside for two days, the baby seemed fine.
A hundred people were released here, including German and French airline crews who'd been in the hotel.
How does it feel to be out?
Really great.
Well, this is what we've seen all through the day here.
Every few minutes, every hour, small groups of people have been released, taken out, taken away on the buses to have their details processed.
But we're hearing that even now, inside the Trident Hotel, some people haven't yet been evacuated from the restaurant.
Survivors say the hotel lobby was a scene of carnage.
The Indian commandos who'd freed them spoke to the press, masked to hide their faces.
There was so much of the hotel guests there outside.
The bodies were lying strewn here and there.
There was all blood all over and trying to avoid the casualty of those civilians, we had to be that much more careful in our fire.
From the freed guests, defiance mixed with relief.
Their ordeal over.
As evening drew in, new fires inside the Taj could be seen.
Mumbai still burning after two days of terror and confusion.
David Ramaticus, BBC News.
Well, some hostages who managed to escape or were rescued have been talking about what they endured.
Paul Wood reports now from Mumbai.
It was a moment many of them must have feared they'd never see.
Exhausted, a little dazed, but relieved.
Finally, these hostages were safe.
The past 48 hours has produced some remarkable stories of survival.
Harnish Patel, a holiday maker, was in the Café Leopold.
He was lucky.
Despite being shot three times in the chest and in both legs, he escaped with his life.
A dozen people lay dead around him.
The floor was soaked in blood.
The gunman was just yards away.
Even once I was shot, he continued firing around the other side of the bar.
I know he's hidden mirrors and everything else.
And, you know, I just froze still.
I knew I'd been hit, but I had no idea the severity of the hit.
So I just stayed tight.
And when he eventually did leave, one of the guys next to me managed to...
...ascaped, tied a towel around my thigh where I had a lot of heavy bleeding.
Mark Abel, a British lawyer, was trapped in the Oberoi Trident Hotel.
A BBC colleague spoke to him by phone when he was trapped in his room, the battle raging around him.
Well, there's no food, there's very little liquid to drink.
And it's 16 hours or so since I've been here.
And I'm hunkering down for the long term, I think.
Today, he walked to freedom.
Eventually I got a call on the in-house systems from someone downstairs saying they're coming to get me.
And within about half an hour, there was a knock on the door.
And there was an entourage of heavily armed military, some hotel staff, the police.
It was great.
Nicholas Hayward, a businessman, was in the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.
With other guests, he took refuge in a restaurant.
They piled up chairs and tables behind a heavy door.
The gunmen were pacing around just outside.
I saw a gunman firing into another restaurant and there were explosions going off.
So we...I didn't stay at the window, barricaded the door, dimmed the lights...
...and did what we could that we felt was practical and sensible to make us less of a target.
And we kept pretty quiet, frankly.
The hostages are still being brought out of the hotel behind me.
But the Indian security forces do seem to have concluded their major operations here.
Mumbai has been attacked many times before and has proved itself resilient.
The bloodshed this time was different, though.
The tactic seems specifically designed to scare off foreign visitors.
But many of those we spoke to said they would be back.
Paul Wood, BBC News, Mumbai.
Well, it's still not clear who the attackers are nor exactly what their aims are.
Though it's reported some have been captured alive.
Our security correspondent, Frank Gardner, has more.
A frenzy of speculation today over whether British nationals were amongst the gunmen of Mumbai.
Possibly, say UK government officials, but they've seen no evidence so far.
From the chaos of the stricken hotels comes rumour after rumour.
Perhaps the gunmen had helpers inside the hotels, even prepositioned weapons dumps.
They were from Pakistan or from Britain or from both.
The investigation is proving every bit as confusing as the attack itself.
When it comes to identifying the culprits behind this atrocity, there are three broad possibilities.
The first is homegrown Indian militants, extremists with a grudge against their government.
The Indian Majaheddin, for example, who've carried out earlier bombings and who recently threatened to attack Mumbai.
Then there are militants based in Pakistan, violent groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, who've struck India before
and who many in India think were behind this week's attack.
And thirdly, there is Al-Qaeda.
An attack like this would certainly fit in with their agenda of killing westerners and driving a wedge between India and Pakistan.
So what was the gunman's plan and what does it tell us about their motives?
Well, they targeted an incredible number of locations all over the city.
In some places they sought out Britons, Americans and Jews, implying a global jihadist motive.
But at the railway station, the gunmen mowed down entirely Indian passengers indiscriminately.
Far more Indians died in this attack than foreigners.
So what about their tactics?
Well, they're believed to have come in by boat from Pakistan, then fanned out across the city, firing automatic weapons and taking hostages.
They probably couldn't have done this without local help, so maybe this was an international jihadi operation using Indian sympathizers.
It's quite plausible to consider that there may be some collaboration going on here between groups based in India with a typically Indian domestic agenda,
albeit with an Islamist flavor, groups based in Pakistan and perhaps some coordination, funding, inspiration, training provided by Al-Qaeda.
Detectives from several countries are starting to descend on Mumbai, although Interpol are still waiting for permission to fly in.
Separating fact from rumor is proving a struggle, but when the smoke finally clears, the culprits may well turn out to come from a combination of several militant movements.
Frank Gardner, BBC News.
Let's round up the rest of the international news for you.
The Thai Prime Minister, Somchai Chonsawat, has said the government will use gentle measures against the protesters who closed Bangkok's two main airports.
He was speaking in a televised address just after dismissing Thailand's police chief.
The police have been nervous about moving into clear the airports for fear of being blamed for casualties.
Quentin Somerville reports from Bangkok.
Riot police arrive at Bangkok's international airport.
If anti-government protesters won't leave, then the police will go in.
For four days, the People's Alliance for Democracy, well organized and supplied, wearing yellow T-shirts, have held the airport, stopping all flights.
In a country where exports and tourism are vital, the airport has become an economic hostage.
Its closure has cost millions and left thousands of passengers stranded.
But for now, the police say they'll take the gentle approach.
We'll have to use soft means to disperse the protesters.
The PAD's leaders say they'll stand firm.
We want the police to come. We are not afraid. We don't want them to lie anymore. And we want to know what they want to do to the innocent people.
They have total control of the airport. Passengers and airline staff are long gone.
But outside Bangkok, the government opened a military air base, allowing some to fly home.
Well, I just feel bad for Thailand. I mean, many people maybe won't come now and it's unfair, but I hope they'll continue to come to Thailand and visit.
These things happened, so we'll get through it. It'll be just fine, I'm sure. And I'm sure Thailand will get through it too.
But that's far from certain. The country appears more fractured than ever.
Prime Minister Somchai Wonsawat sacked his police chief, and he can't trust the army.
Getting this airport working again could be his government's only hope of staying in power.
Quentin Somerville, BBC News, Bangkok.
Ethiopia is saying it will withdraw all its troops from neighbouring Somalia by the end of next month.
The withdrawal ends a two-year Ethiopian presence in Somalia, fighting Islamist insurgents.
The Foreign Minister said the deployment was no longer appropriate.
Clashes between rival political parties in Joss, Nigeria, have left at least 20 dead and 300 wounded.
Disputed local elections have triggered violence, and a dust-to-dawn curfew has been imposed.
Police and troops have been sent onto the streets.
Iraqi police say a suicide bomber who attacked a mosque during prayers killed at least nine people and wounded 15.
The mosque in Musaib, around 60 kilometres south of Baghdad, was bombed just a day after Iraq's parliament approved a new security pact,
which will allow US forces to stay in Iraq for another three years.
Colombians have been demanding that left-wing rebels stop taking hostages and release around 700 they've already kidnapped.
There have been small marches in cities in Europe and Latin America, such as Madrid, Paris and Sao Paulo.
But the main protests have been in 29 Colombian towns and cities.
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Airstrikes on Afghanistan. We have rare access to the centres where controversial bombing missions are launched.
First, the Russia's president is in Cuba, final stop on a tour of Latin America, intended to strengthen Russian influence.
Michael Voss has this report.
The arrival of President Dmitry Medvedev marks the first visit of a Russian leader to Cuba in almost a decade.
Moscow used to be this communist island's major benefactor, but Cuba then turned to China to help it cope with the US trade embargo
after the collapse of the Soviet Union left it almost bankrupt.
Now this meeting with Cuba's president Raul Castro, a sign that these former Cold War allies are cooperating once again.
President Medvedev was one of the first to provide relief supplies after the recent hurricane,
and Russian companies are now interested in offshore oil exploration and car sales.
There may also be an offer to modernize Cuba's old Soviet-built air defense system.
Greetings, friends of Russia and Cuba, Raul Castro told onlookers as they headed off for formal talks.
China's president, Hu Jintao, was here last week, now it's the Russians.
The one player that's missing is the United States, and Raul Castro may be reluctant to antagonize his northern neighbor,
with Barack Obama about to enter the White House.
Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, felt no such constraints, inviting Russian warships for joint exercises in the Caribbean,
their first naval presence in the region since the Cold War.
President Medvedev also signed a nuclear energy agreement with Venezuela.
Cuba is the final leg of the Russian leaders' tour of Latin America.
There are suggestions that Raul Castro may visit Moscow next year.
Michael Voss, BBC News, Havana.
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Two days after the coordinated attacks on India's commercial capital, the killing in Mumbai is still not over.
Commandos are in action now at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.
Hostages are emerging with stories of their ordeal, the number of dead stands around 150, the vast majority of them Indians.
The BBC has had rare access to the secret U.S. Air Force facility in the Middle East that coordinates American military airstrikes in Afghanistan.
There is increasing criticism of the numbers of civilians killed there by aerial bombing.
In one of the worst incidents, 90 people died earlier this year in the remote town of Nawabad.
Our correspondent, Ian Pannell, reports.
The war over Afghanistan starts here, at an American air base in the Middle East.
We're not allowed to say where.
300 missions are controlled from here every day, including airstrikes against the Taliban.
And sometimes the target is missed.
Thousands of innocent people have died in Afghanistan, most at the hands of the Taliban.
But in the last three years, civilian deaths from U.S. and NATO airstrikes have tripled.
We were taken into the highly secretive combat operations room.
We watched clear images from drones and radar of planes supporting U.S. troops in action.
We were allowed in because America wants to defend its record,
to show how much effort goes into minimizing casualties.
And now they're accusing the Taliban of deliberately increasing those risks.
We have clearly documented cases where some of our enemies have either deliberately located themselves
amongst civilian populations or, as they are moving through the battle space,
across the battlefield, gone into buildings occupied by civilians.
We traveled to a remote part of Afghanistan, to the scene of the worst case of civilian casualties this year.
The grief of what happened in Nawabad is raw.
This is where the bombs landed, in an airstrike against the Taliban.
Locals say 90 died here and the U.N. backs their claim.
America originally said it was just seven, though now they admit it was much more than that.
Everyone we met had lost someone.
The death and the destruction that was wrought here in Nawabad is truly shocking.
But the problem for the Afghan government and for the military alliance is that it wasn't an isolated incident.
Many cases like this have happened across Afghanistan,
and the more they take place, the less support there is for the government and for the coalition.
And although America has apologized, it insists it followed the correct rules.
If that's the case, then more innocent people will almost certainly die here.
Ian Pannell, BBC News in Nawabad.
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We're on the dividing line between Turkey and Armenia as the diplomacy starts to open up.
Could the border open too?
First big drug companies are delaying the development of cheaper generic medicines, at least according to the European Commission.
Drug firms say the EU report is an exaggeration. From Brussels, Ben Shaw.
Health providers and governments like generic drugs because they are cheaper than medicines for which a patent still exists.
But there is a suspicion that the companies which invent the drugs in the first place are using blocking tactics
to stop the development of cheaper versions of their products.
That is why the European Commission authorities have been investigating the industry.
The Commission will not hesitate to initiate investigations where there are indications that the antitrust rules may have been breached.
The Commission says there are several ways drug companies are slowing down the production of the cheaper generic drugs.
Firstly, by something called clustering, where a company forms a dense network of patents around a medicine.
Secondly, by beginning legal action against generic producers simply to slow down the process.
And lastly, by striking deals with the generic producers which artificially keep a drug off the market.
The EU Commission thinks this has cost nearly $4 billion, but the drug companies say the sums don't add up.
As an industry we depend on innovation for our survival.
And again, even on the issue of delays of generics, the Commission's own finding is that where there is not competition but an incentive,
generics will come to the market within less than four months after patent expiry.
The Commission has so far refused to name the companies it thinks are unfairly blocking the development of generic drugs,
because it hopes its report will force the industry to change its ways.
But if there is no improvement, officials are warning big fines could be on the way.
Ben Shaw, BBC News, Brussels.
Thank you.
Turkey and Armenia have never been the warmest of neighbours.
15 years ago, Turkey severed diplomatic ties and closed its border.
Well now, there are hints it could reopen.
Sarah Rainsford reports from Kars on the border.
This river marks the dividing line between Turkey and Armenia.
For 15 years, disputes over politics and history have kept the border firmly closed.
But there are signs things might be improving.
Turkey's president recently made history with a first ever official visit to Armenia.
He was invited for a football match.
The two countries are now discussing restoring diplomatic relations and reopening their border.
Kars was Turkey's main gateway to the Caucasus. An open border would bring back money and trade here.
If there's demand for our cheese in Armenia, Soner says, we could double our income.
Today, this Armenian church is a mosque.
The Armenians were driven out of eastern Turkey in World War I, when many hundreds of thousands were massacred.
They call what happened a genocide, something most Turks furiously deny.
Facing history will come together with the peace process. Neither side is ready for that yet.
How can there be any dialogue when our countries don't even have official relations?
That's what nationalists like this politician are afraid of.
President Gül's visit to Armenia broke Turkey's pride and honor.
What did we get in return? Armenia has to drop its genocide claims.
There can be no friendship in these conditions.
Armenia says it has no preconditions for restoring ties.
But when the mayor of Kars tried to build this, a gigantic friendship statue aimed at Armenia,
local nationalists blocked it.
The mayor's pledged he'll get it finished in the end.
But like Turkey's official talks with Armenia, it's a slow and very delicate task.
Sarah Rainsford, BBC News, Kars.
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