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| Norwegian gunman took drugs before July 22 attack: Police Posted: 09 Aug 2011 02:37 PM PDT 
Oslo: The Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was under the influence of drugs when he carried out twin attacks on July 22. "I can confirm that he had used illegal drugs. I do not want to comment on what kind of products, but he had consumed some," the New York Post quoted police prosecutor Paal- Fredrik Hjor Kraby, as saying. — ANI |
| What next after sex? Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:15 PM PDT 
Woody Allen once famously said: 'Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions'. Like what next after sex? Love. No one thought that this four-letter-word would spawn generations, fell countries, inspire novels, magazines, art, give rise to mass movements, taboos, tattoos, counter cultures, recreation, procreation and what not! Wait a minute, was it love or was it sex? Or was it both? Those who have seen Steven Shainberg's "Secretary" would remember James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal in a dominant/ submissive relationship. The lead pair takes their sexual chemistry to the realm of the psychophysical. James Spader in the role of lawyer Edward Grey gets turned on by the typographical errors made by his new secretary, Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal). She, on the other hand, gets turned on by the red marks that he makes on the drafts. The two indulge in roleplays in office and discover love in their uniqueness and continue their strange eroticism even after marriage. Lust doesn't mean that it has to stop at sex alone. Couples are taking it further by adding another dimension to their sexual experiences. It's called 'kink'! The prudes may purse their lips and raise their eyebrows but it's happening in the city right under our noses! And it is not limited to the bedroom alone. Ask PYT Nishka, 27, and she'll tell you why. "The guy I'm seeing right now (notice, she is not using the word 'date' or 'boyfriend'!) is really hot. I added the kink factor by going commando when we met at a popular nightclub recently! I was feeling really sexy and he understood what was up when I let him brush his hand across my derriere , twice. We left the club immediately and went to his place!" From exhibitionism, threesomes, sex-toys to underwater sex, role-playing and videotaping, sex is slowly becoming a marathon where there is no finishing line. "I once dated a girl who would have a huge turn-on seeing videos of me having sex with my exes," says Abhi, 34, who works for a magazine. "We would spend hours at my place watching these videos and not really doing anything. We would have abstinence competitions! After a whole day and night of 'resistance' the next evening, after work, we couldn't take our hands and mouths off each other!" Not bad for a city as 83 per cent of it believe that having sex with an ex is not cheating, according to a recent survey by a men's magazine. Sex is no longer restricted to a mind-body-spirit experience. It has turned out to be the means towards something higher, not necessarily more 'profound' but definitely more adventurous. Something like experimenting with recipes. A 42-year-old socialite describes her recent 'adventure ' as 'tasting sushi' - we all say that we love eating sushi, few have eaten it, still fewer actually like it but no one forgets it. And what makes those moments of raw intimacy memorable is the addition of those extra dimensions. Says the head of sales of a lingerie shop in the city, which also sells vibrators and BDSM gears, "Fetish clothing, stripper poles and dildos suddenly start going off the shelves, though discreetly, between the first and second week of February. In the last two years, there has also been an increase in the number of customers looking to buy fetish clothing, corsets, stilettos and other gears. We generally do not display our range of such stuff but, slowly, feel the need of doing so as sometimes the demand is so high that we have to procure from other franchises." So, if music is the food of love, sex is its lyric. Kinky sex, is then, like that bass note that's necessary to make the song sound wholesome. As the city wakes up from its winter slumber, the soaring mercury has made the wanton pheromones run amok. The season of love returns. Buckle up your straps, bring out the whip and let your imagination get the better of you! |
| 50 dead in Comoros boat accident Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:12 PM PDT 
At least 30 people died after their boat sank off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros, a rescue official said Tuesday. "At the moment the death toll stands at 30 and 50 survivors," Mouigni Daho, the head of the centre for rescue operations and civilian protection, told AFP. It was not exactly clear what caused the accident, but a Red Crescent official said the vessel, Madjiriha, was believed to have suffered an engine failure and hit a huge rock as it tried to move towards the coast. The accident occurred Monday night to the south of the Comoros' main island of Grande Comore where the boat had left for the archipelago's other island of Anjouan. Red Crescent rescue coordinator Arfachad Salim said the death toll could increase. "We cannot rule out that passengers are still trapped inside the boat," said Salim, who earlier explained that they estimated that more than 100 people were on the boat. Those with serious injuries were rushed to the main hospital in the capital Moroni, while others were treated in local health centres. Search operations were under way and divers were to inspect the wreckage later on Tuesday, while the captain, who also survived the accident, was expected to give clarifications, Salim said. Boat accidents are common in the tiny archipelago, especially those carrying migrants from the impoverished isles to the French island of Mayotte. Geographically, Comoros is made up of four islands of Grande Comore, Anjouan, Moheli and Mayotte. But Mayotte voted to remain part of the islands' colonial master France and is economically better off than its neighbours. |
| 'Syrian forces kill 17 in Deir Ezzor' Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:09 PM PDT 
NICOSIA: Security forces killed 17 civilians on Tuesday in Syria's eastern protest hub of Deir Ezzor and at least four others in other parts of the country, activists said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 17 deaths in Deir Ezzor, scene of a deadly army assault on Sunday that killed 42 people, and said two other people were killed in the northwestern Idlib province. "At least 15 people were killed in different parts of Deir Ezzor which has been raided by tanks and vehicles mounted with machine guns," the group said in a statement, quoting activists at the scene. "A woman and a young man shot (earlier in the day) died of their wounds," the Britain-based Observatory said. Earlier a human rights lawyer spoke of two deaths in the central flashpoint city of Hama, adding that some 50 tanks were deployed in the Hilfaya and Tibet al-Imam districts. The Observatory reported that "a dozen tanks and other armoured vehicles attacked the Binnish and Sarmin areas" of Idlib earlier, causing the two deaths and leaving several people wounded. The latest violence comes as pressure grows on Syria with a visit from Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu, bearing the message that Ankara "has run out of patience" with the deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has asked Davutoglu to press Syria to "return its military to the barracks," while Damascus has said the minister would himself "receive a firm message" during his visit. |
| US stocks rebound after Monday's rout Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:08 PM PDT 
NEW YORK: Bargain hunters helped push the Dow back above 11,000 Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 218 points, or 2 percent, to 11,028 in early afternoon trading. On Monday, the Dow had its worst day since 2008, plunging 634.76 points as fear coursed through global markets. "Stocks were cheap heading into the decline, and they just became cheaper," said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist for Wells Fargo Funds Management, which has $228 billion in assets under management. Stock indexes have mostly declined for the last two weeks. "As a long-term investor, that's what I like to see." Industries that fell the hardest on Monday were up the most on Tuesday. Financial stocks in the S&P 500 rose 4.4 percent after a 10 percent decline on Monday. Producers of metals and other raw materials rose 3.3 percent after dropping 7.3 percent on Monday. MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., a maker of wafers for semiconductors, jumped 14.1 percent. That more than made up for its 10.1 percent loss on Monday. Peter Coleman, head of equity research at investment bank JMP Securities called it a relief rally. "We've got no information that makes us feel any better or worse" than Monday, but some investors pounced on stocks they saw as good values. The S&P 500 index rose 24, or 2.2 percent, to 1,144. The Nasdsaq composite index rose 59, or 2.5 percent, to 2,416. Traders were also looking ahead to later Tuesday afternoon, when the Federal Reserve will issue a policy statement about interest rates and any monetary actions the central bank might be planning. The Fed's key interest rate has been held at close to zero since 2008. The Fed in June ended a $600 billion program to buy Treasurys as a way to support the economy. Some Fed officials oppose another round of so-called quantitative easing because it could lead to higher inflation. "Prior to the recent turmoil, we had thought the Fed would stand pat" at its policy meeting, said Paul Dales, senior US economist with Capital Economics. "But now some action seems likely." When the central bank issues its statement this afternoon, many economists don't expect to see another round of Treasury purchases. But Dales said the Fed could pledge to hold onto the Treasurys and other assets it has already bought for "an extended period." Such a move could soothe investors temporarily because it means the Fed won't flood the market with assets to sell. But it likely wouldn't be a significant boost to the economy. Helping the stock market isn't one of the Fed's jobs, but that hasn't stopped investors from parsing every word of the statements made by the Fed and its chairman, Ben Bernanke. The Fed's mandate is to keep prices stable and promote low unemployment, not boost stocks. But when Bernanke outlined the plan for a second round of quantitative easing in August 2010, the S&P 500 index gained 28 percent over eight months. It had been down 6 percent for the year before his speech outlining the plan. Investors pointed to that rebound as evidence that quantitative easing worked - and so did Bernanke. This sentiment led some people to believe that if stocks fall too far, the Fed would come to the rescue. That may help explain the stock market's late-day dive when Bernanke spoke in public at the International Monetary Conference in Atlanta on June 3. Investors said they were looking for a hint of new plans to spur economic growth. When that didn't come, all three major indexes sank. Investors piled into Treasurys on Monday, sending the yield on the 10-year note down to 2.34 percent. A bond's yield falls when its price rises. That matched its lowest level for the year, reached last week. Treasurys gave back some of those gains Tuesday, "as they shake off some of the froth," RBS Securities analysts wrote in a report. The 10-year yield rose to 2.39 percent. Gold set another record early Tuesday. It rose $26.90 ounce to $1,740.10. Gold started the year at $1,421.40. Investors often run to gold when they're looking for something safe. They also buy gold when they're worried about inflation, which some economists said could become a problem if the Federal Reserve were to announce new stimulus. Investors have been worried about the first-ever downgrade to the US credit rating by Standard & Poor's, the slowing US economy, debt problems in Europe and rising inflation in less-developed countries. Economists believe there is a greater chance of a US recession because the economy grew much more slowly in the first half of 2011 than previously thought. The economy grew at its slowest pace in the first half of 2011 since the recession ended in June 2009. The manufacturing and services industries barely grew in July. The unemployment rate remains above 9 percent, despite 154,000 jobs added in the private sector in July. Economies across the globe are also struggling. Worries are growing that Spain or Italy could become the next European country to be unable to repay its debt. The European Central Bank bought billions of euros of Italian and Spanish bonds Monday in hopes of lowering borrowing costs for the countries. Another concern: high inflation in less-developed countries, which have been the world's main economic engine through the recovery. China's inflation rose to a 37-month high in July. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 5.7 percent on Tuesday. Concerns about the global economy have pulled attention away from stronger corporate earnings this spring. Dish Network Corp.'s second- quarter net income rose 30 percent to $334.8 million on stronger revenue. Internet company AOL Inc. reported a smaller net loss for its last quarter, helped in part by stronger advertising revenue. The housing market, though, remains weak. Homebuilder Beazer Homes USA Inc. said its loss widened last quarter after it closed on fewer homes. Among the 441 companies in the S&P 500 index that have already reported their second-quarter earnings, profits are up 12 percent from a year ago. |
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| London picture now Posted: 09 Aug 2011 04:33 AM PDT 
 tter, Facebook and old- fashioned jumping in the car to lend a hand are helping to sort out the overnight chaos in Birmingham, which saw some of the choicest shops in the "capital of the Midlands" attacked. Up to £500,000 damage and theft was inflicted on the Emporio Armani outlet in the Bullring centre but security guards with fire extinguishers protected the local branch of Harvey Nichols. Dozens of smaller outlets were also targeted, prompting widespread resentment and the use of "help the clear-up" tweets to counter use of the networks on Monday night by troublemakers. Among volunteers spending time on the clean-up was Richard Dunne, a 53-year-old artist who answered council appeals for people not to avoid the city centre. He said: "I love my city. I want people to see that we in Birmingham aren't just thugs, we help each other. "You can feel some sympathy for someone who steals a tin of beans because they have no money for their last meal. But these guys were just nicking phones and gear, while many of them were already well kitted out with stuff beforehand." Another helper was Claire Hampson, who joined dozens of others alerted by tweets to a 10am clear-up at the Bullring. She said: "I was appalled when I saw what had happened in the city centre. I could hear sirens all night last night, but nothing could prepare me for seeing the city centre all smashed up. I heard about this clear up on Twitter so wanted to come down and show my support." Business consultant Nick Partridge, 48, also left home to help as messages flicked to and fro on social networks urging support for devastated shopkeepers. He was up early after driving in on Monday night to give his teenage daughter a safe lift home from the Hippodrome. "I want to do what I can to help," he said. "These people rioted last night and may do so again tonight |
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