The email on Wednesday from my friend, the managing director of the Taj Mahal Palace & Towers in Mumbai, India, was disturbing and scary: "We're in a lock down mode here at Taj. (200) guests are in the restaurant with security. I'm locked down on the first floor. The police have control of the whole building and have narrowed five armed men to the sixth floor of the Taj Palace wing and closing in...."

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