Breaking news;Passengers on US-bound flights face more screening

Passengers flying into the United States from Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" will be subject to enhanced screening techniques, such as body scans and pat-downs, the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday.
Starting Monday, all passengers on U.S.-bound international flights will be subject to random screening. Airports are also directed to increase "threat-based" screening of passengers who may be acting in a suspicious manner.
In addition, anyone traveling from or though nations regarded as state sponsors of terrorism — as well as "other countries of interest" — will be required to go through enhanced screening. The TSA said those techniques include full-body pat-downs, carry-on bag searches, full-body scanning and explosive detection technology.
The State Department lists Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria as state sponsors of terrorism. The other countries whose passengers will face enhanced screening include Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man who allegedly tried to set off an explosive device aboard a Northwest airliner on Christmas Day, has told U.S. investigators he received training and instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.
The TSA said the ability to enforce the new security measures is the "result of extraordinary cooperation from our global aviation partners.

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Curvy Actress Kate Winslet Voted As Having The Perfect Celebrity Body. Beating Out Beauties Kelly Brook, Halle Berry, Megan Fox & Beyonce


Curvy Kate Winslet has topped a national poll to find the perfect celebrity body of 2009.

The Oscar-winning actress, who has been praised for promoting a more realistic body shape, took the top spot with 16% of the overall votes - narrowly pipping shapely Kelly Brook into second place with 15%


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Dr Jacquie Lavin, Slimming World’s Head of Nutrition and Research, added: “It shows a positive shift that women are more likely to see Kate Winslet and Kelly Brook as the ideal body shape rather than Kate Moss or Victoria Beckham and perhaps suggests that it’s not being ‘skinny’ that’s most important to them anymore, it’s being healthy.

Perfect celebrity body table*

Kate Winslet – 16%
Kelly Brook – 15%
Halle Berry – 12%
Cheryl Cole – 10%
Beyonce – 6%
Megan Fox – 5%
Lily Allen – 4%
Keeley Hazell – 2%
Sienna Miller – 2%
Kate Moss – 1%
Jordan – 1%
Victoria Beckham – 1%