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100 million times a day I
GENEVA : The sexual act is performed more than 100 million times a day worldwide. the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed tn a report published today to mark the 20th anniversary of its research programme Into human fecundity, reports AFP.
The report says that the daily sexual acts cause around 910,000 conceptions of which 50 per cent arc unplanned and 25 per cent are definitely unwanted "
Sonfc 150.000 abortions are performed every day worldwide.
The WHO report, its second on the subject, stressed the importance of family planning In containing the world population explosion.
It noted that the 100 million daily acts of sexual inter course also caused 356,000 bacteria) and viral Infections, and WHO director General Hiroshi Nakajima commented that 'the picture of reproductive health In the world today appears to be gloomy "
The world population currently stands at 5.5 billion people. of whom 3.5 are aged between 15 and 65.
Now video to stir gorilla's libido
TOKYO : Sex therapy for a gorilla ?
That's what's happening at the Hamamatsu City Zoo In central Japan, where Daiko the lowland gorilla hasn't shown enough Interest in her mate. Sho, reports AP.
Her handlers have decided to titillate the prudish primate with a steady diet of videos depicting mating gorillas.
The problem is that there aren’t that many videos showing gorillas having sex," says Rfklo Nakazawa, a zoo veterinarian. "If there were a porno video of gorillas, we'd really like to get our hands on It"
While no one Is sure the videos arc having an effect, the 108-kilogram (238-pound) Daiko and Sho are having sex or casionally To the zoo s consternation. Daiko has yet to pregnant.
Nakazawa believes Daiko and Sho slill need a little more pizazz In their sex Ilves. They mate only four or five times a year even though at age 15 . they are In their prime.
Since the two gorillas steep In separate cages — to protect the male from injuring the female In a temper fit — the only place they can mate Is a narrow passageway that leads to the outdoor play area.
Gorillas, being sophisticated and sensitive animals, generally do not engage In sex before a crowd of gawking spectators, Nakazawa says
Nakazawa says the idea to use videos goes back a decade, when a Kyoto Zoo used them to "educate" a pregnant gorilla. Hiromi. about childbirth and childcare.
Rushdie hopes 'Satanic Verses' can fade away
LONDON: Salman Rushdie said Wednesday that The Satanic Verses" has completed its publication process and he hopes that the novel, which drew a death threat from Iran, can now fade from prominence, reports AP.
But Rushdie, making his first appearance at a publicly announced event since going Into hiding tn 1989, called for continued government and public pressure on Iran to rescind the "fatwa" pronounced by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
"Silence doesn't help me. Noise docs." Rushdie told a news conference following his meeting with members of the House of Commons.
Therefore, what 1 have been trying lo do is to encourage people to make as much of a racket as they can."
Unlike other recent public appearances by Rushdie, reporters had been told several days in advance of the news conference at the Houses of Parliament. Rushdie had Just returned from Denmark, where he had also appeared at a news conference on Monday.
"Quite clearly, there Is going lo be for a long time a risk from individual fanatics. That's a very different order of threat lo the risk from organized, highly financed, highly professional terrorist groups," Rushdie said.
That’s to say, my view Is that Is until we can get the issue of slate-sponsored terrorism off the agenda, there is really no way in which one can construct an acceptable and ordinary life.
"Once that happens, 1 have to watch my back for a while, but so do a lot of other people. As 1 have sometimes said, I suspect that Madonna probably has more trouble than me in that respect"
Diana visits marriage guidance centre
HULL. England: Princess Diana paid an official visit' to a marriage guidance centre on Wednesday, a week after publication of a biography saying she attempted suicide because of her own marital difficulties, reports Reuter.
The princess, wife of heir to the throne Prince Charles, appeared composed and relaxed. She waved and smiled at crowd of well-wishers before watching counsellors of the relate organisation, of which she is patron, at work.
A group of press photographers following the 30-year-old princess around the advice centre in Hull, northern England.
Staff said there had been mention of the alleged problems in the 11 -year-old marriage between Diana and Charles or of the biography by former tabloid journalist Andrew Morton.
The book, which sold
out in many shops within days of publication, portrays Charles, 42, as a cold, unfeeling husband. Diana is reported to have suffered from the slimmer's disease Bulimia Nervosa and the couple are said to be leading separate Ilves.