LONDON: Britain condemned the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan Tuesday, saying it was a "grim day for sport" while confirming one Briton was among the injured. "The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team is shocking and senseless, and today is a grim day for sport," Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Andy Burnham said. The Foreign Office also issued a statement strongly condemning the attack, which took place in Lahore while the side was on its way to a test match.Officials in Sri Lanka said the team's assistant coach, Briton Paul Farbrace, was among seven injured in the attack, which left at least eight people dead."We can confirm that a British national sustained minor injuries but was not hospitalised. We have offered consular assistance," said the Foreign Office.
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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