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...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 MANILA: Two US troops and a Filipino soldier have been killed in a landmine explosion on the southern Philippines island of Jolo.The cause of the explosion is thought to have been a landmine, planted by members of the Abu Sayyaf group.US troops have been providing combat and counterterrorism training to Filippino troops battling the Abu Sayyaf.The two dead US soldiers are believed to be the first American casualties in region since they were first deployed in 2002.Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, a military spokesman, said a joint convoy was on its way to an area in Jolo's Indanan township when the land mine exploded.The convoy was assisting an operation to build two schools and dig wells in the township.
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