Thursday, July 23, 2009 WASHINGTON: Saad bin Laden son of Usama bin Laden has been killed in a missile attack in Pakistan’s troubled area of Fata, a report here revealed on Thursday.A US radio claimed that Saad was killed in a drone attack at the inception of the current year.According to the radio website, Usama’s third son, who allegedly worked for Al-Qaeda, was killed; however, US intelligence agencies have not confirmed the report.Instead, they are convinced 80 percent that he has been killed in a drone attack.
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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