Tuesday, October 20, 2009 MEXICO CITY: Hundreds of clowns from across Latin America gathered in Mexico City on Monday for the 14th International Clown Convention. The convention brought together clowns, from Mexico, Central America and the United States, for four days of workshops, classes, competitions and performances. Many of the clowns are professionals who make their living entertaining. One clown said he thought the job was an excellent career choice. "It's a very respectable job, a great job that can touch everybody from the very young one to the old," he said. Clown Tomas Morales said that they hoped to start a clown school and were planning to raise money to get the project started.
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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