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An eight month pregnant woman of Alibaug, Maharashtra is first swine flu victim this year, claims an official report.

The woman named Naziya Admane, is a 27 year old woman who is claimed to be the first victim of swine flu and has expired within a day's time.

The Doctors said that she was eight months pregnant and was brought to Mumbai's Sion Hospital in a critical condition this Friday and is under treatment now.

7-Eleven Stores Pty Ltd., the Australian division of 7-Eleven convenience store operator Seven & I, has agreed to buy retail fuels business from Exxon Mobil Corp. The amount of the deal was not disclosed by both the companies. This purchase will make 7-Eleven the largest independent fuel retailer in Australia.

According to the deal, 7-Eleven acquires 295 Mobil petrol stations from Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd. in Australia.

Obesity is slowly becoming a risk factor that leads to depression in some teenage girls.

According to lead author Kerri Boutelle, associate professor of paediatrics and psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, states that depressive symptoms are considered a precursor to major depression.

It was through a psychiatric interview test performed on 500 girls between the ages of 13 and 16 years the results were acquired.

Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd has lowered its earnings guidance by up to 75% for the full year. The airline said that it is lowering its guidance as it recorded a sharp drop in leisure travel. This was reported the second profit downgrade in this month by Virgin. The shares of the airline fell sharply after the announcement of lowering the guidance by the company.

Santos Ltd., the third largest oil and gas producer in Australia, announced today that its Gladstone liquefied natural gas joint venture with Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd. Won the approval from the Queensland government. Santos became the first company to receive environmental approval from the state government for its liquefied natural gas project.

The project now just needs to get approved by the federal government for further proceedings.

Premature birth risk is now labeled as a genetic disorder, according to a group of researchers.

The University of Aberdeen study has published a report on Obstetrics & Gynecology journal, that claimed that early births tend to run in families and has nothing to do with environmental factors.

This study involved a study of maternity records of 22,343 Scottish mothers and their daughters.