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...
LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's personal doctor, who was with the singer when he died, is being interviewed as the coroner defers the cause of death for further tests.Dr Conrad Murray and his car being seized by Los Angeles police.Meanwhile, the Los Angeles coroner's office has said a three-and-a-half hour post mortem showed no external injuries or evidence of foul play but deferred cause of death for further tests.Spokesman Craig Harvey said exhaustive toxicology tests will take "approximately four to six weeks to complete".Jackson's body has now been removed from the coroner's office and taken to an unknown location.No funeral plans have been announced but his family say they have not ruled out a public service.LA Police Department assistant police chief Charlie Beck said the further tests would provide "key results that will steer the direction of the investigation"."We are still trying to determine whether prescription drugs were involved," Mr Beck said at a news conference.
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