Saturday, August 08, 2009 LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's estate should gain "close to $100 million" through contracts negotiated since the pop star's death, Jackson's brother told US Television.Jermaine Jackson said brother Michael's resting place is still undetermined.Jermaine Jackson, in a wide-ranging interview said his mother, Katherine Jackson, has not decided on Jackson's final resting place. He said he prefers the Neverland Ranch."I'm just concerned about security and being secure in a peaceful setting," he said.He stopped short of revealing if his mother has hinted her preference, saying, "At the end of the day, she will make the final decision." Jermaine Jackson said he had no reason to believe his brother was addicted to drugs, a suspicion that detectives revealed when they requested a warrant to search Dr. Conrad Murray's Las Vegas, Nevada, home and office."I have never seen him act abnormal around me or never known anything like that," he said. He said he never talked about drugs with his brother "because it never came to my mind."He disputed suggestions that Michael Jackson was not the biological father of the children."People come forth and say things just to get attention, but those are definitely Michael's children. "You can look at the kids and tell that they are Michael's kids," he said.
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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