[source: BBC News]

Fans of Michael Jackson around the world react to the news of his death.

Hundreds of people rushed to UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles as reports began emerging of the death of singing legend Michael Jackson.
Fans of all ages gathered at the hospital to show their support and await news of the 50-year-old entertainer.
Television vans converged on the centre, while news helicopters circled above. Police officers arrived to keep the growing crowds back.
Some of the fans were silent, while others climbed on fences to try to get a better view.


As Jackson's death was confirmed, many broke down in tears and embraced each other.
"I hope he's gone to God, and I hope that he's free of all the troubles he's been plagued with," fan Tonya Blazer, 50, told Reuters news agency.
"I grew up with his music. I used to wear Michael Jackson T-shirts every day to school," another unidentified fan told US broadcaster CBS.

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One is the son of a prosperous businessman with an Olympic-size shooting range in his backyard. Another grew up in a dusty village, sparring with his brother for use of a shared family bicycle. A third spent most of his youth in a musty, mouse-infested room at a wrestling camp here in the capital.

In the last two weeks, each won a medal for his country in Beijing, making it India's best performance at an Olympics.

Many in this country see the victories as being emblematic of a rise of a new India. Actually, they represent vastly different Indias that today exist side by side and the intensity of the new aspirations of young Indians up and down the social ladder.

"In the old days, we used to revere people who went to the Olympics," said Ayaz Memon, an editor-at-large at The Daily News and Analysis newspaper, based in Mumbai, who has written extensively about sports. "Now, we want winners. We don't want to be identified as losers, or fatalistic."

India's three winners have shot from obscurity to sudden fame.
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Abhinav Bindra won India's first ever individual Olympic gold medal when he claimed the men's 10m Air Rifle shooting title here on Monday.

Athens Games champion Zhu Qinan of China won the silver and Henri Hakkinen of Finland took the bronze at the Beijing Shooting Hall on the outskirts of the Chinese capital.

Bindra, the 25-year-old businessman from the northern city of Chandigarh, followed his world championship title two years ago to finally win a landmark gold medal for his country.

In one of the most thrilling shooting finals in Olympic history, Bindra overcame a two-point deficit against Hakkinen and one point against Zhu after the qualification rounds to annexe the title.

The Indian trumped his rivals with the best finish of 104.5 in the 10-shot final as he went into the last shot level with Hakkinen on 689.7 points.

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Bhubaneswar (Orissa): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday came down heavily on the UPA Government at Centre for its double standard on Shri Amarnath Shine Board issue and controversial affidavit of the Union Culture Ministry over Ram Setu.

"It was shocking and unfortunate how 100 crore people of the country were unable to get 100 acres of land in Jammu and Kashmir," the BJP Spokesperson Sushma Swaraj said while addressing a Press Conference here. The UPA is responsible for the present crisis in the Kashmir Valley, she added.

Swaraj's statement came few minutes after eight of the 10 members stepped down from SASB to facilitate the possible reconstitution of the temple trust that has been at the heart of over a month-long stir in Jammu and Kashmir.


In order to facilitate the reconstitution of the SASB, the members have tendered their resignations to Governor N N Vohra, who is ex officio chairman of the trust. The resignations are under the consideration of the Governor.

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