Over 50s' quest to defy time boosts online beauty sales

Over 50s' quest to defy time boosts online beauty sales


Over 50s' quest to defy time boosts online beauty sales

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:20 AM PDT

Online beauty retailers have noted a rise in female shoppers over the age of 50 in the past 12 months -- with continually youthful-looking stars such as Madonna and Cher cited as an influencing factor.

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Quake strikes western El Salvador - USGS

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:49 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck western El Salvador's Ahuachapan department at 0730 British time, the U.S. Geological Survey, monitored in London, reported.



US wildfire bursts into residential area

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:09 AM PDT

A wildfire in the western US state of Colorado caught firefighters by surprise as it burst out of a canyon, swept through a residential area and destroyed several homes.

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N.Korea honours girl who died saving Kim portraits

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:05 AM PDT

North Korea has bestowed a posthumous award on a 14-year-old schoolgirl who drowned in a flash flood while trying to save portraits of the communist dynasty's late rulers, official media said.

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S. Korea, Japan to sign first military accord

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:48 PM PDT

South Korea will soon sign a military agreement with Japan, officials said Wednesday, in what would be the first such pact since Tokyo's brutal colonial rule ended in 1945.

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Cambodian, Thai defense officials begin talks on troop withdrawal from disputed border

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:38 PM PDT

The second meeting of Cambodia- Thailand Joint Working Group (JWG) kicked off here on Wednesday, continuing talks on troop pullout from the disputed border area surrounding Preah Vihear temple.

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Policies issued to boost Hong Kong, mainland relations

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:37 PM PDT

China's central government on Wednesday announced a package of policies to boost economic and cultural relations between Hong Kong and the mainland.

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Traffic summons

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:31 PM PDT

Working by fits and starts and the lack of concentration are the drawbacks of the government administration.

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Footprint

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:21 PM PDT

A zoo keeper places Kimodo Dragon Tuka's foot onto a piece of paper with wet blue paint in order to make a print with it at Taronga Zoo, Sydney. Zoo keepers have been collecting the paw, hand, flipper and hoof-prints of some of the 4,000 animals at Taronga and Taronga Western Plains Zoos over the past few weeks.

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Singapore pastor charged in $19 million fraud case

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:14 PM PDT

The founder of one of Singapore's richest churches was charged in court Wednesday for allegedly syphoning off nearly $19 million of the congregation's money to support his wife's singing career.

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Gunmen set fire to Microsoft's Greek headquarters

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:25 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Gunmen set fire to Microsoft's Greek headquarters in Athens overnight, police said on Wednesday, damaging the front of the building and forcing the U.S. software firm to suspend its operations in the city.



Populist Japan mayor grooms candidates for national stage

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:11 PM PDT

OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Gathered in a hall in the city of Osaka, about 900 students at Toru Hashimoto's school for candidates listen raptly as the populist mayor issues a clarion call to shake up Japan's deadlocked politics in an election that could come this year.



Wildfires worsen in Colorado, 32,000 flee homes

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:51 PM PDT

COLORADO SPRINGS (Reuters) - A wildfire raging near some of Colorado's most popular tourist sites grew suddenly more ferocious on Tuesday, forcing 32,000 people from their homes, prompting evacuations from the U.S. Air Force Academy and swallowing numerous houses at the edge of Colorado Springs.



Heavy rains, landslides kill 51 in Bangladesh

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:36 PM PDT

More than 50 people have been killed in landslides in southeast Bangladesh after three days of rains that triggered flash floods and severed transport links, officials said Wednesday.

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US-led cybercrime finance sting nabs 24

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:35 PM PDT

At least 24 people were arrested in the United States and abroad in a US-led sting operation targeting cyber criminals buying and selling stolen credit card information, officials said Tuesday.

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10,000 messages back Assange's asylum in Ecuador

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:34 PM PDT

The Ecuadorian embassies in the United States and Britain have received over 10,000 messages in support of political asylum for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuadorian authorities announced Tuesday.

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Iraq faces painful legacy of mass graves

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:29 PM PDT

Iraq wants to put the legacy of murderous dictator Saddam Hussein behind it, but faces a huge need for specialists to excavate mass graves thought to contain at least half a million unidentified victims.

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MCA to take action against Fuziah on Lynas

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:54 PM PDT

Kuantan MCA will not hesitate to take legal action against Kuantan Member of Parliament Fuziah Saleh from PKR if she continues to slander its assemblymen over the Lynas issue.

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Migrant workers clash with police in south China

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:20 PM PDT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Chinese migrant workers rioted and clashed with police this week in a fresh outbreak of social unrest in the economic powerhouse of Guangdong.



Thirty dead, 150,000 stranded in Bangladesh floods

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT

DHAKA (Reuters) - Days of heavy rain in Bangladesh has set off flash floods and landslides which have killed more than 30 people and stranded about 150,000, police and officials said on Wednesday.



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