BANGKOK: Renewed gunfire erupted Monday at the scene of anti-government protests in Bangkok where dozens of people were wounded in earlier clashes with the army, foreign news agency reported. Gunshots have been heard in Thailand's capital and soldiers are firing water cannons at anti-government protesters as violence escalates in Bangkok. Red-shirted protesters have retreated slightly after soldiers moved in midday Monday to the area around Victory Monument, a major traffic circle in Bangkok.The clash comes after as soldiers tried to quell anti-government protests that have swelled, calling for the country's prime minister to resign. Earlier, in a different part of the city, soldiers sprayed automatic weapon fire into the air and threw tear gas to clear protesters blocking roads at a major intersection.
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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