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...
LONDON: Michael Jackson faces having to scrap MORE of his UK concerts so he can battle skin cancer, it emerged last night. The superstar, 50 — diagnosed last month — may have to undergo gruelling radiotherapy to beat the disease. Pals fear it means Jacko, who has already had to postpone the first four UK dates of his 50-show tour, could be left so exhausted that other July gigs will be hit. Specialists in California’s Beverly Hills have removed potentially lethal growths from his nose and arm.
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