Monthly Archives: April 2008

U.S. businessman aims to bring ‘badly needed’ fun to Baghdad

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Llewellyn Werner acknowledges he is facing obstacles most amusement park developers never have to deal with. Such as mortar attacks, stray gunfire and random looting. But when you’re building your amusement park in downtown Baghdad, … Continue reading

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The new shoes that grow with children’s feet

It’s an expensive exercise keeping children in shoes, as any parent would attest. All too often, the little darlings are bursting out of their new ones before the soles have been scuffed. But one inventor claims to have found the … Continue reading

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