Month: July 2013

How married couple’s in Japan cheat on each other

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If a Japanese man wants an affair or a sexual experience outside of marriage with no strings attached, he has many choices like sexual massage parlours, licensed brothels and escort services.

Unfairly enough, there are few sexual services readily available for women seeking paid sexual gratification – or even easy ways to have extra-marital affairs, the Japan Times reported.

If a man is well-connected and wealthy, he can even register himself with a members-only club and be matched up with a perfect mistress.

Oz police spends $50k to shut down Facebook parties every time

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The Queensland government is planning to impose fine on teens and parents, who host wild Facebook parties.

Commissioner Ian Stewart said that the parties were financially and physically costly to the community, News.com.au reported.

He said that to assemble 20 or 30 police in a very short time in the middle of the night often costs above 50,000 dollars when account wages and the follow-up are taken into account.

Prince William has chopper on standby ahead of royal baby arrival

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Prince William has a high-speed helicopter on standby to take him to Kate’s bedside when she goes into labour.

The 175mph Sikorsky S-76c chopper will be scrambled to rush the Prince from his RAF base in Anglesey to London in time to be with his wife when she has their first child – due in the next week or so, the Mirror reported.

It means the 31-year-old Prince can carry on with his vital work as a rescue pilot until the last moment without having to worry about missing out on the birth.

`Dementia cure could be out in 7 yrs`

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UK’s Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, has said that drugs companies believe that they would have found a cure for dementia by 2020.

He said that the answer in the cure for Dementia lay in DNA mapping, claiming that it could also unlock a treasure trove of info to help tackle diseases from dementia to cancer, the Daily Express reported.

Plans are under way for the UK to become world’s first country to map the personal DNA code called genome of up to 100,000 patients.

Widow of Boston bomber starting to reject strict Muslim rules

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The widow of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has started to reject the strict Muslim rules her husband imposed upon her. Katherine Russell, 24, has started wearing nail polish and eating fast food, which her late husband had forbidden her to follow. According to the New York Daily News, a source close to the family told the National Enquirer that before she knew Tamerlan, Katherine was just an average all-American girl.

South African police paid overtime at high-profile Gupta wedding

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A total of 62 police officers were paid overtime for their work during a high-profile wedding in an influential Indian family in South Africa. In a parliamentary reply to the Inkatha Freedom Party, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said the SA Police Service followed due process with regard to the matter. According to news24, his spokesperson Zweli Mnisi said payments had been made to those officers who were on duty.

”Serial blasts in Mahabodhi temple an attack on humanity”: Sharad Yadav

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Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav on Sunday said the multiple blasts that rocked the temple town of Bodh Gaya early this morning was an attack on humanity, as Lord Buddha is considered to be the most sacred emblem of peace and prosperity across the globe.

“It”s the most sacred place of (worship) where Lord Buddha presides and therefore attack on it is like an attack on humanity since Buddha is the emblem of peace in the world. It is very troubling and shocking and I condemn it strongly,” he said.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s last minute switch saved her from San Francisco plane crash

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Chief operating officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, escaped Saturday’s disastrous Seoul-to-San Francisco flight, as she switched to a United flight returning from a Korean business trip. Sandberg switched flights so her family could use miles, which saved her from crashing aboard Asiana with Facebook executive David Eun. According to the New York Daily News, the powerful web executive was slated to fly with family members and three colleagues on Asiana Airlines Flight 214, but the group changed its plans.

Egyptian army had no choice but topple Morsi, says Tony Blair

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Former British prime minister Tony Blair has said the Egyptian army had no alternative but to oust President Mohammed Morsi from power. He said that the move came due to the strength of opposition on the streets. Blair wrote in the Observer that the military was confronted with the simple choice of intervening or allowing chaos, the Guardian reports.

Syrian opposition elects Saudi-backed leader

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The Syrian opposition has selected a new leader in the hope of ending months of chaos in Syria Ahmad al-Jarba was elected to head the Syrian Opposition Coalition by 55 members of the 114-member council at a gathering in Istanbul. According to the Washington Post, Jarba, who was backed by Saudi Arabia, defeated a candidate favored by Qatar, Mustafa Sabbagh.

British couples urged to boycott Maldives as honeymoon destination over sexist laws

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British couples are being asked to avoid the Maldives as a honeymoon destination to force the country’s government to overturn the conviction of a 15-year-old girl, who was given punished after being raped by her step-father. British Prime Minister David Cameron is also facing calls to intervene in the case of the rape victim sentenced to 100 lashes in the Maldives. The move comes as new figures showed the appalling state of women’s rights in the Commonwealth country.

Moon dust causing threat for lunar exploration

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A return to the Moon could be hampered by dust, a poorly-understood threat to machines and people alike, it has been revealed.

Simulations by scientists in Britain and France show that in key zones of Earth’s satellite, dust kicked up by a landing or exploration gains an electrostatic force that briefly overcomes lunar gravity, a space conference heard.

As a result, the dust lingers high above the surface, presenting a thin grey cloud of fine, sticky, abrasive particles that hamper visibility, coat solar panels and threaten moving parts, News.com.au reported.

125-pound anti-ageing cream claims to make user look 5 yrs younger

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An anti-ageing cream said to contain the most expensive ingredients to date, claims to make users look five years younger.

Five thousand Brits are already on the waiting list for Cult 51, which costs 125 pounds for a 50ml jar, which is equivalent to 94,000 pounds a ton.

It is said to be clinically proven to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines by up to 52 percent in 28 days, the Sun reported.

In six weeks it reversed wear and tear by up to five years.

Shocked passengers recount horror of San-Francisco-bound plane crash

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Samsung executive David Eun, who survived the San Francisco plane crash, described himself on his Twitter profile as being an ‘all-American Korean’ a ‘pensive optimist’ and a frequent flier. Eun tweeted his experience after he found himself bracing for life as something went terribly wrong in the landing. “I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I”m ok. Surreal …” Eun wrote on his Twitter account. According to CNN, other passengers on the plane also described a harrowing experience.

Waugh advises team captains to keep criticisms `behind closed doors`

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Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh has said that it is important to keep any criticisms that a captain or a coach might have of any of his players, behind closed doors. Under the captaincy of Waugh, who is widely regarded as one of Australia”s great leaders on any field, the team was the benchmark of world cricket, with his players even describing it as a ”family”, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Bug chasing trend sees men deliberately trying to catch HIV for sexual thrill

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A new craze has been trending among men in the UK, who are secretly seeking and spreading HIV.

The reckless practice, known as bug chasing, started in the US as a bizarre means of getting a sexual high from risk-taking, the Mirror reported.

According to one man who willingly caught the virus, hundreds of men in the UK are introducing themselves on online forums, Facebook groups and Twitter.

Many then meet up and try to transmit the potentially life-threatening virus, which attacks the immune system weakening the body’s ability to fight disease.

Smokers and single men more likely to acquire oral cancer

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A new study suggests that smokers and single men are more likely to acquire cancer-causing oral human papillomavirus (HPV).

Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center, the National Cancer Institute, Mexico and Brazil also report that newly acquired oral HPV infections in healthy men are rare and when present, usually resolve within one year.

HPV infection is known to cause virtually all cervical cancers, most anal cancers and some genital cancers.

Nitish calls for security enhancement post serial blasts in Bodh Gaya

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who today visited Bodh Gaya for an on the spot assessment of the situation after the serial blasts, appealed to the Centre to give the security responsibility of the attacked temple to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

“After today”s incident, the security will be strengthened. And I would want and appeal to the Central Government that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) should take the responsibility of security of the temple as amongst all the installations related to security it is the most powerful,” he told the media here.

Football referee `stoned, quartered then beheaded` for stabbing player in Brazil match

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A referee was reportedly beheaded during an amateur football match in Brazil in retaliation for stabbing a player. According to the Mirror, the incident occurred when referee Octavio da Silva Catanhede Jordan, allegedly carrying a knife, stabbed player Josenir dos Santos Abreu during a match last Sunday, after Abreu refused to leave the field even after being sent off and instead started insulting Jordan.

Shorter breaks better than one long vacation to de-stress

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A new study suggests that a long vacation may not be your best bet to mentally rejuvenate and de-stress.

“Although vacations themselves rank fairly low on the list of stressors, they combine elements like travel, sleep disruption and food changes that can themselves be stressful,” explained Christopher Robinson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Psychology.

How men and women spend their days

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Despite the dramatic change in the economy and technology in the past decade, how men and women spend their time on an average has remained largely unchanged.

According to the 2012 American Time Use Survey released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), personal care, which is mostly taken up by sleep, accounts for the most amount of time each day, followed by leisure activities, including watching TV and playing sports, and work, the Huffington post reported.

Men allocate their time differently than women.

`Falling water tables in India and other nations could threaten food supply globally`

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A leading resource analyst has warned that food supplies are threatened globally because wells are drying up and underwater tables are falling in the Middle East and parts of India, China and the US.

Lester Brown, head of the Earth Policy Institute in Washington, in a new essay has said that 18 nations, constituting 50 percent of world’s population, are pumping underground water tables to the point – known as “peak water” – where they don’t get replenished, which has resulted in their harvests decreasing each year, the Guardian reported.

Placenta face mask top `anti-aging treatment choice for women`

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Placenta face mask, which uses stem cells from a sheep’s placenta to boost collagen and tighten skin, has emerged as the most preferred anti-aging treatments for British women aged 30 and over, a new survey has revealed.

The survey conducted by MyVoucherCodes.co.uk surveyed 2,173 British women aged 30 and over and asked them about the unusual treatments that they were willing to try if provided for free.

Signs that show if spouse is cheating on you revealed

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: It is a difficult to know when your spouse could be cheating on you.

Blogger Kiri Blakely has collated some classic signs which could help you see if your husband (or wife) is cheating on you.

Firstly, your other half starts dressing better. Divorce lawyer Marilyn Stowe, has said that this is still a sign that people should look for, she said that wearing cologne all of a sudden, or changing the cologne he always wears to something new could be a sign that his lovers gave them a bottle that she likes better, the Huffington Post reported.