Laptops aren’t great for note-taking. But who wants to write everything down and then decipher their scribbles before typing it all into their computer? Enter Tablet PCs, possibly the perfect solution to this problem. Users can input handwritten notes directly and many models even have a record audio option.
Geraldine Sirri was only nine years old when her mother started daily massaging her pre-pubescent breasts with a blazing hot stone to keep them flat — and keep men’s eyes and hands off her daughter. One-quarter of all Cameroonian women are said to have been victims of this painful ”breast-ironing”, as it is known.
A new breed of artificial human sex companion has been unveiled that promises to take the air out of old-fashioned inflatable dolls. My Party Doll, a southern California-based manufacturer, displayed two prototypes of their  000 love buddies at the 10th annual Erotica-LA Convention, which ended on Sunday.
Encarna Conde does not fit the profile of your average silicone enhanced, pouting porn star. At 45, she is a late entry to that group of women who seek fame or fortune by performing sexual acrobatics and faking orgasms for the camera. Her first film, Breaking Barriers, is, however, already the subject of much debate.
The films of acclaimed director M Night Shyamalan are famous for their last-minute plot twists. From The Sixth Sense to Signs and The Village, his work has relied on sudden changes to make the viewer question what has gone before. Now he is at the centre of a real-life twist.
The squat, bunker-like building in a south Topeka suburb does not look like a place to turn American politics on its head. Nor does Mark Parkinson, a tall, affable man, look too much like a revolutionary. But here, deep in the American heartland, are the warning signs of a political earthquake.
In an effort to salvage his bid for the presidency from the chaos of France’s centre-right government, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has met British Prime Minister Tony Blair twice in the past few weeks for advice, The Observer has revealed. The overture is likely to be regarded with deep suspicion by many Frenchmen.
There seems to be a move between warring factions in Côte d’Ivoire to carry out a peace plan that is backed by the United Nations, South African Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota said on Saturday. The parties also hope to hold elections in October, Lekota said after returning from an UN International Working Group meeting.
Five boys have died in the Eastern Cape since last week, the start of the circumcision period in that province, the provincial health department said on Saturday. The fifth body was picked up by the police at an initiation school late on Saturday, said Sizwe Kupelo, departmental spokesperson.
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A superb goal eight minutes into extra time by Maxi Rodriguez sealed Argentina’s 2-1 win over Mexico in Leipzig, Germany, on Saturday and a mouthwatering clash with Germany in the World Cup quarterfinals next Friday. Regulation time had finished 1-1 after two goals in an action-packed first quarter of the game.