Taj hotel in Mumbai, one of the sites of the November 26, 2008 terror attacks
Mumbai's Fire Brigade trucks are seen in front of Taj hotel in Mumbai December 9, 2008. A fire broke out between the 20th and 21st floor of the Taj Hotel's new building in south Mumbai early today. Fire officials here said the building, one of the sites of the November 26 terror attacks, was empty when the incident happened. Though the cause of the fire is still unknown, unofficial sources attributed it to faulty wiring. There are no casualty reports in the incident, local media reported. REUTERS

Pakistan-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana was found guilty on Thursday by a U.S. jury of supporting an Islamic militant group blamed for the 2008 attack in Mumbai that killed 166 people.

In the trial, held in U.S. federal court in Chicago, the 50-year-old former Pakistani Army doctor with Canadian citizenship was also found guilty of conspiring to attack a Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, which published cartoons lampooning the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, and behead its staff. However, the plot was never carried out, said a Reuters' report.

Rana was charged with three counts of providing material support for terrorism.

Rana's childhood friend David Headley, the key witness, said Rana had provided help as he scouted targets in India. Headley also witness implicated Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, in the Mumbai attack.

50-year-old Headley, an American with a Pakistani father, related how he plotted the Mumbai attack with his handlers from the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.

On the other hand, the defense argued Headley was lying. He had pleaded guilty and promised to testify in exchange for avoiding the death penalty and extradition to India, Pakistan or Denmark.

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