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Following last week's bombings in Mumbai, (formerly known as Bombay) chronicles of the event have inevitably drummed up references to two past events that bear similarities, the bombings in Madrid in March 2004 and the London bombings in July 2005. Bob Schieffer introduced the "Evening News'" first story on Mumbai on the day it occurred, July 11: “Two years ago, terrorists struck rail lines in Madrid, Spain. Just a year ago, it was the subways of London. Today, the target was a commuter rail line in Mumbai, India.” But why is media coverage of the events in Mumbai not on par with the level of attention that the Madrid and London bombings received?

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