Saturday, November 21, 2009 JOHANNESBURG: South African President Jacob Zuma met the Miss World contestants at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria.The women are in South Africa preparing for the pageant, which takes place in Johannesburg next month.A jovial Zuma was all smiles as he welcomed the 112 contestants together with the reigning Miss World to South Africa.He said the Miss World pageant played an important role in promoting peace, love and prosperity because the women were world ambassadors.
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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