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...
US President Barack Obama said US is fully extending Pakistan support in war on terrorism.Addressing leaders of countries featuring allied forces in UN peace mission, Obama said al-Qaeda has claimed so far thousands of innocent people belonging to different religions and countries and also conspired an unsuccessful plot to shatter UN building.He said US and other countries have cooperated governments in Pakistan and Afghanistan for safeguard of lives of their citizens.Earlier, addressing the UN’s general Assembly, Obama said he will not allow al-Qaeda to launch attack on US through Pakistan and Afghanistan while the proliferation of nuclear arms will be brought to halt at all costs.US will remain engaged in efforts of peace maintenance in Middle East, he concluded.
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