Tuesday, August 25, 2009 GAZA: Palestinian medical sources in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that a Palestinian resident was killed and a 15-year old child was seriously wounded by Israeli military fired in Al Atatra area near Beit Lahia.The sources stated that Sa’id Ata Al Hasoumy bled to death as the army barred Palestinian ambulances from reaching him. The sources added that a 15-year old child was seriously injured in the same attack and was moved to a local hospital later on. The army admitted that it remains unclear whether the slain Palestinian was armed, but said that “the area where he was seen is a closed military zone. Palestinian resistance in Gaza retaliated by firing two homemade shells at Ashkelon. Israeli military sources reported that one soldier was mildly wounded when a shell fragmentation hit him in the head. The shell landed and detonated near the so-called Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. The soldier was moved to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. On Sunday evening, one Palestinian farmer was wounded on Sunday evening in a similar Israeli military 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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