New York, Nov 8 : English supermodel Naomi Campbell was booed by people waiting in a U. S. Customs queue at Kennedy Airport on November 4 when she cut ahead of the line.
Campbell was escorted to a passport-screening officer ahead of 200 or so waiting people, a witness revealed.
“An older lady was about to have her passport checked, but she was told to wait so Naomi could go first,” the New York Daily News quoted a source, who travelled in first class with Campbell aboard an American Airlines flight from London, as saying.
“It p- off a lot of people,” the source said.
With current FDA commissioner - Andrew von Eschenbach, who was appointed by President George Bush, planning to tender his resignation before Obama takes office, American drugmakers are lobbying President-elect Barack Obama to nominate Janet Woodcock, 60, a 22-year insider at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as either the agency’s acting or permanent chief. Andrew von Eschenbach and the agency, have both gained the ire of and been severely criticized by lawmakers for approving unsafe medications and not doing enough to block tainted food imports, including drugs.
London, Nov 8 : Model giant Hornby is banking on James Bond and Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton to provide it with a pre-Christmas trading boost.
Lhasa (Tibet), Nov. 8 : China has increased its military presence in Tibetan capital Lhasa amid fears that "separatist" supporters of the Dalai Lama plan a repeat of the bloody March 2008 riots.
With the intention to cater to an increasing European and North American clientele, Tech Mahindra, India's sixth largest software exporter, has opened up its sixth centre of excellence in South Tyneside, UK.
A recent research has shown that many African Americans avoid getting screened for cancer hearing public service announcements and cancer news stories that highlight the fact that African Americans are often diagnosed with cancer at a later stage and have a lower survival rate as compared to whites. 
