SINGAPORE: South Korean defence minister Lee Sang Hee said on Saturday Seoul would work to resolve relations with North Korea peacefully, but urged the United Nations to take action after the North's nuclear test this week."We urge the United Nations Security Council and international community to take active measures against North Korea's wrongdoings," Lee told a defense meeting in Singapore. "Our government will work to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue peacefully, through consultation with members of the six-party talks and the international community."
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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