LONDON (Reuters) – British researchers have come up with a new body scanning device that gives accurate measurements and could boost online clothes shopping. Shoppers are still nervous about ordering clothes online because they o ften do not fit and, some say, there will never be a substitute for trying something on – one reason why the boom in online retail has not had the same impact on clothing as on music, books and electronics retailing. … Libya: Gunmen assassinate Benghazi security chief
Libya’s deputy interior minister says gunmen assassinated the security chief of the eastern city of Benghazi overnight.
Cricket-Sri Lanka name five pacemen for Australia tour
COLOMBO, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka selectors have packed their test squad full of pace bowlers as they expect to encounter seamer-friendly conditions when they travel to Australia for a three-match series starting next month. Nuwan Kulasekara and Shaminda Eranga, who helped bowl Sri Lanka to victory in the first test against New Zealand at Galle on Monday, form a five-man pace attack that also includes Dhammika Preasad, Chanaka Welegedera and Nuwan Pradeep. …
Suicide blast hits near US base in Afghan capital
Two Taliban suicide bombers struck near a U.S. base in Kabul early Wednesday, killing two Afghan guards in the heart of a neighborhood filled with foreign forces and embassies. The attack came despite increased security ahead of a Muslim holy day that last year saw one the capital's deadliest attacks. San Francisco sheds part of free-spirited past as city lawmakers approve ban on public nudity
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco shed a vestige of its free-spirited past as local lawmakers narrowly approved a citywide ban on public nudity.
Yemeni military plane crashes, killing 10
A Yemeni military plane crashed early Wednesday during training over the capital, Sanaa, killing all 10 people on board, security officials said.
Ex-PM Hatoyama, who led Democrats to power, to retire
TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, 65, who led his Democratic Party to a historic election win three years ago, wil l retire from politics and not contest the December 16 election, after refusing to sign off on the party's campaign platform. Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is tipped to finish first in the parliamentary election, well ahead of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) led by current Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Critics blamed the often indecisive Hatoyama for wasting Democratic Party political capital during his time in office. … Thousands get ready to hit road, rails and airways for busy Thanksgiving travel season in Pa.
PHILADELPHIA – Thousands of Pennsylvanians are preparing to hit the road, railways and airways this holiday season despite high gas prices, a still sluggish economy and the lingering effects from the havoc Superstorm Sandy wreaked on parts of the state last month.
S'pore opposition leader freed from bankruptcy
The government says Singapore opposition leader Chee Soon Juan has been discharged from bankruptcy after an unprecedented concession by two former prime ministers to whom he owed about $400,000.
No comments:
Post a Comment