New Delhi  - Only a handful of people joined Friday prayers at the quiet Judah Hyam Synagogue in New Delhi, with many opting to remain home, shocked over their community being targeted by terrorists in Mumbai.

The centre of the Chabad Lubavitch, an ultra-orthodox Jewish organization in south Mumbai, was the scene of the first attack on Jews in India in centuries - the only previously known case of anti-Semitism being the 16th-century inquisition by Portuguese colonialists in the south-western state of Goa.

Islamabad, Dec 6 : US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reportedly warned the Pakistan Government that if it does act quickly on the issue of last week''s terror attacks in Mumbai, the United States will not hesitate to step in to do the needful.

Contrary to the formal statements issued by Pakistani authorities and her own statement at the Chaklala Air Force base before her departure, sources said she "pushed the Pakistani leaders to take care of perpetrators, otherwise the US will act".

New Delhi, Dec 6: European Union has urged Pakistan to extend its cooperation to India in the investigation on Mumbai attacks.

Talking to the media here last evening, Gerard Araud, Director General of Political Affairs in the French Foreign Ministry, said that global society supports India, which is a victim of terrorist activities.

"What I have expressed on behalf of European Union is our full support to the Indian authorities in this crisis. We expect and we have said that Pakistan cooperate fully with this investigation. We consider it very important," said Araud, who was here to take part in the India-EU Security Dialogue.

MUMBAI, Dec. 5  -- The minister in charge of Indian law enforcement acknowledged Friday that failures in intelligence and security made the Mumbai terrorist attack possible.

Home Minister P. Chidambaram also said that the government is considering setting up a national investigative agency modeled on the FBI in the United States.

"I agree that there has been a failure on the part of the security forces, but this attack will help the Government be more determined in combating terrorism," Chidambaram said in a news conference at police headquarters in Mumbai.

MUMBAI, Dec. 5  -- Five of the gunmen who took part in the deadly attacks in the city of Mumbai may still be free, an Indian news agency said.

The Press Trust of India said, according to The New York Times, that evidence from a trawler suspected of being used by the gunmen indicated there may be five terrorists who have yet to apprehended or killed.

The report by the U. S. newspaper comes in the wake of a claim by the Mumbai police that all 10 gunmen who were transported on the vessel were either killed or captured.

"Based on evidence found on the trawler, it was possible that five other men were involved in the plot and were still at large," the Times said.

Ankara  - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday refused to deny reports that the attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai were carried out by people operating from Pakistan.

"Pakistan has always discouraged, and our position that we are the victims of terrorism. Pakistan is currently doing its own internal investigation and it is waiting for concrete proof," Zardari said.

Asked whether Pakistan would change its own approach to combatting terrorism in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, Zardari said his government's focus would remain on fighting terrorists.