Shanghai - Roger Federer went through what has become his annual sponsor obligation as he taught a group of Chinese teenagers how to shave at a public relations event as the countdown continued on Friday to the Masters Cup.
The Swiss top seed - number one Rafael Nadal is missing with right knee tendinitis - will open his title defence on Monday against France's Gilles Simon.
Federer showed quick hands off the court as he brandished a microphone in one fist and a razor in the other during the "first shave" with a group of local 18-year-olds.
London, Nov 7 : There are some phrases and words that drive us literally mad. Now, researchers at Oxford University have compiled a list of top ten most irritating expressions.
The expression ''at the end of the day'' topped the list while the phrase ''fairly unique'' came second.
The tautological statement "I personally" landed the third spot and the grammatically incorrect "shouldn''t of", instead of "shouldn''t have" was also included in the top ten.
The enraging misusages appear in Jeremy Butterfield''s book called ''Damp Squid'', named after the mistake of confusing a squid with a squib, a type of firework.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the salmonella infections from contaminated dry pet food that sickened at least 79 people could be dangerous. The suspected salmonella infection from a pet food plant in Pennsylvania has prompted the closure of the plant and a recall of the affected brands.
The salmonella outbreak is of a rare strain known as Salmonella enterica serotype Schwarzengrund, the CDC said, which causes bloody diarrhea and can make pet food handlers, especially the very young and very old sick.
Scorching knocks of 88 and 51 by Nicky Boje and Stuart Binny helped Hyderabad Heroes to defeat Mumbai Champs by 79-runs in the ICL 20s Indian Championship match at Tau Devi Lal Stadium.
Batting first, Heroes piled 214 runs, the highest score in the tournament. Chasing this imposing total, Champs could manage only 135 runs losing six wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian court on Friday ordered the release of a popular anti-government blogger, ruling that his detention under a draconian security law was unlawful.
Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin was arrested on September 12 under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after the government said his articles incited hatred and racial discord as well as insulted Islam, the official religion.
The editor of the popular Malaysia Today website had denied the allegations and appealed against his detention, which could have been indefinite under the ISA's provisions.
Malaysia's High Court ruled that Raja Petra would be brought to court later Friday and immediately released from the detention centre in the northern Perak state.
Washington, Nov 7 : Women who cohabit with more than one partner serially are less likely to marry than females who stick to a single partner, a new study has found.
What’s more, even if serial cohabiters do marry, they are twice as likely to get divorced.
During the study, Daniel T. Lichter of Cornell University and Zhenchao of Ohio State University tracked the experiences of serial cohabiters, or women who have cohabited with more than one partner.
Shanghai - Roger Federer went through what has become his annual sponsor obligation as he taught a group of Chinese teenagers how to shave at a public relations event as the countdown continued on Friday to the Masters Cup.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the salmonella infections from contaminated dry pet food that sickened at least 79 people could be dangerous. The suspected salmonella infection from a pet food plant in Pennsylvania has prompted the closure of the plant and a recall of the affected brands.
Scorching knocks of 88 and 51 by Nicky Boje and Stuart Binny helped Hyderabad Heroes to defeat Mumbai Champs by 79-runs in the ICL 20s Indian Championship match at Tau Devi Lal Stadium.
Washington, Nov 7 : Women who cohabit with more than one partner serially are less likely to marry than females who stick to a single partner, a new study has found.
