Wednesday, December 09, 2009 WASHINGTON: The details of security procedures at US airports have been mistakenly posted online by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA).The document reveals which passengers are exempt from screening and that security can be reduced in peak hours. Information which had been blacked out for security reasons was easily retrievable using ordinary software. The TSA said there was no threat to security as the document was outdated, but that it took the issue seriously. The document was posted on the TSA's Federal Business Opportunity site in March, said the foreign news agency.
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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