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London's West End is one of the world's great shopping districts. Its two main arteries, Regent and Oxford streets, and its capillary-like maze of side streets, are crammed with some of the biggest and trendiest names in retailing. But shopping in the West End can be downright exhausting: sidewalks heaving with humanity; the constant din of noise; traffic fumes; foul weather...
...That's why the creators behind Near London are betting that they can coax crowd-weary bargain hunters into the district via virtual reality. Near London is a 3D cyber-version of the West End that its developers say is the most realistic and accurate virtual recreation of a city center ever produced. Launched Nov. 30, it is indeed impressive-looking, thanks to a laser-scanning technology that picks up details down to one fifth of an inch (5mm) and faithfully depicts every brick and slab of concrete. Once users download the software (which is free), they can stroll...
...Most of the West End's major retailers have signed on, including department stores Marks and Spencer and Liberty, as well as chains like Jaeger, French Connection and American Apparel. See something in a store window that you like the look of, say a red cashmere sweater? Click on it, and if the retailer is a Near London client, you'll open the appropriate page on that store's website. If you click on a retailer that's not part of Near, you'll open up that shop's generic website. Either way, you've got the opportunity to make...
...round of training in swimming and navigation for an operation at sea, and on Sept. 15 they learned that their target was Mumbai. The 10 gunmen who arrived in Mumbai on Nov. 26 would land at the jetty at Budhwar Park, an unguarded fishing spot near the southern end of Mumbai, carrying their weapons with them. The Mumbai attack - which paralyzed a city of 18 million for nearly three days - was a terrifying example of jihadi groups effectively using small, decentralized cells to plan and execute a complex operation...
...seemed too focused on a new attack in India, the official complaint says, Headley shifted his allegiance to another jihadi group willing to support him. "He was incorporated into LeT but not indoctrinated into the cause," John says. "David Headley had a mind of his own." In the end, it was that single-mindedness - his vehement Internet postings about the cartoons and his frequent trips to Denmark without any apparent business interests there - that tipped off investigators to begin watching him. He was arrested in October shortly before another planned trip to Denmark. Headley is now reportedly cooperating with...