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‘World Orgasm Day’ orgy for peace canceled due to threats

Friday, December 26th, 2008
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‘Go here for the whole hilarious story: World Orgasm Day’ orgy for peace canceled due to threats - Haaretz - Israel News
‘World Orgasm Day’ orgy for peace canceled due to threats

The alien-centered religion of the Raelians (named after leader Rael) had planned a special event to mark World Orgasm Day - a mass orgy for peace in Tel Aviv.

However, the event, scheduled to coincide with the Winter Solstice on December 21, was canceled after organizers received multiple threats.

Raelian spokesperson in Israel, Kobi Drori, said that the orgy would welcome all orientations, as long as participants were over 18, popular culture blogger Perez Hilton reported Friday.

DIARY OF A SEX SLAVE

Monday, August 18th, 2008
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Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar says medical report clears him of sodomy accusation

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
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Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar says medical report clears him of sodomy accusation | The Jakarta Post
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim claimed proof Tuesday that accusations he had sodomized a male aide were false, citing a purported medical report published by Internet news portals.

The authenticity of the report, said to have been issued by a doctor at the Pusrawi Hospital and ruling out sodomy, could not be verified Tuesday. Hospital officials and police contacted by The Associated Press declined to comment.

Sex, financial risk linked in brain

Saturday, April 5th, 2008
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Full sexy story here:  Sex, financial risk linked in brain
WASHINGTON - A new brain-scan study may help explain what is going through the minds of financial titans when they take risky monetary gambles: sex.

When young men were shown erotic pictures, they were more likely to make larger financial gambles than if they were shown a picture of something scary, such as a snake, or something neutral, such as a stapler, university researchers reported.

The arousing pictures lit up the same part of the brain that lights up when financial risks are taken.

“You have a need in an evolutionary sense for both money and women. They trigger the same brain area,” said Camelia Kuhnen, a Northwestern University finance professor who conducted the study with a Stanford University psychologist.

Cosmetic castration now banned in Thailand

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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Cosmetic castration banned | International | Reuters

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s health chiefs barred hospitals and clinics on Wednesday from castrating would-be “ladyboys” amid growing concern about the operation being seen as a cheap and quick alternative to a full sex-change.  ………..

……  Thailand is home to a large number of “ladyboys,” or “katoey” in Thai, a term that covers anything from a transvestite to a man who has undergone a full sex change.The tolerance shown towards the “third sex,” as it is often referred to, has led to the country becoming a world leader in sex-change surgery.

Aussies boost HIV campaign in the Pacific - Fiji Times Online

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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Aussies boost HIV campaign in the Pacific - Fiji Times Online

Update: 1:14PM THE campaign to increase the response to HIV and sexually transmitted infections in the Pacific was boosted by the establishment of a $30million fund by Australia.Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the establishment of the Response Fund for HIV and sexually transmitted infections while visiting the Solomon Islands recently.

James Batley, Australias High Commissioner to Fiji, said Mr Rudds announcement was an indication of the nations commitment to the Pacific region.

Sex Drugs Anyone?

Friday, March 7th, 2008
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Bangkok’s Independent Newspaper

Illegal sex drug after-effects are on the rise in men.  Singapore - The number of men suffering serious reactions to an illegal sex drug in Singapore are on the rise, data from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said on Saturday.Six more males have developed dangerously low blood-sugar levels in the past two weeks after taking the sexual enhancement drug called Power 1 Walnut, believed to have been made in China, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 16 and suspected cases to 40.

The 56 men are between 20 and 90, some of whom are foreign workers, said the HSA, the national drug watchdog. One of the victims is in a coma and another suffered a stroke three weeks ago.