Sunday, October 04, 2009 TEHRAN: Mohammed El-Baradei, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrived in Tehran last night for discussions on Sunday with Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation and other officials. His visit comes as pressure mounts on Iran again following a warning from President Barack Obama that his patience is limited. The US president has demanded swift action from the Iranian regime. An Iranian official told journalists that Mr El-Baradei will discuss a timetable for inspectors to visit a newly disclosed nuclear enrichment plant. Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended the nuclear programme, including the building of the second plant which was revealed to the outside world for the first time last week. "Iran's actions are based on honesty," he said. "We did not have any secret (nuclear) work because we gave information (about the new plant) ahead of time," to the IAEA, he said at a ceremony in the capital. He also accused the American president of "a great mistake" in criticising Iran over the secret plant. "We gave the information sooner.. but his (Obama's) information was wrong. He said incorrect words," Ahmadinejad said. Iranian newspapers on Saturday praised their government for gaining the upper hand in the Swiss talks - not the view taken in the outside world.
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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