GAZA: Egypt informed the Palestinians in Gaza that it has closed down Rafah crossing point on its borders with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, a Palestinian crossings spokesman said. Adel Zo'rob, spokesman of crossings and terminals in the deposed government of Hamas that Egypt closed down Rafah border crossing "for delegations and patients without telling the reason." Since the beginning of the Israeli military assault in Gaza which started on Dec. 27 and ended on Jan. 18, Egypt has opened its borders for humanitarian aids, Arab and foreign delegations and wounded Palestinians. "Egypt told us the crossing has been closed on Thursday and no one is able to cross," said Zo'rob, adding, "all foreign and Arab delegations who entered Gaza should immediately leave." Egypt and other foreign countries had asked its citizens and the medical teams to leave the Gaza Strip before February 5 without showing the reason, but in fear of a resumption of an Israeli military assault on Gaza.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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