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Washington, Sept 18: A new study has revealed that abstinence-plus programs (to use condoms) are better than abstinence-only programs when it comes to reducing HIV risk among teenagers.

London, Sept 18: Supermodel Naomi Campbell has reportedly been branded a ‘f***ing monster’ by Jodie Kidd.

As to why Kidd would call Campbell a vile name like that, well that’s because Campbell treats people badly if they don’t give her what she wants.

"She's a f***ing monster! Anyone that doesn't give her what she wants, she'll treat like rubbish," Mirror quoted Kidd, as saying.

New Delhi, Sept. 18: The Ministry of Agriculture in China has confirmed a bird flu outbreak in South China's Guangzhou, which began with the mass deaths of ducks on September 5.

The National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, according to the ministry, confirmed the outbreak as a sub-type of H5N1 bird flu.

It said 36,130 ducks had been culled as of September 17, after farmers in Sixian Village and Xinzao Township in the Panyu district of Guangzhou reported the deaths of their ducks on September 5.

Washington, Sept.18: The increasing challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's grip on power are forcing the United States to explore an alternative course to keep its crucial ally on board in the "war against terror," former State Department officials and Pakistan experts in the US say.

Experts say that there is a sense in Washington that Pakistan is going through a period of political transition and that President General Musharraf needs greater popular legitimacy in order to muster grassroots support for the US counter-terrorism agenda.

A condemned rapist who is considered at risk to reoffend was caught in Vancouver just hours after being discharged from a New Burnswick prison house on Friday.

Thane Moore has completed a 14-year prison term for beating up and sexually assaulting a 21-year old woman in Prince Edward Island.

A representative for B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal, on Saturday affirmed that Thane was apprehended in Vancouver, hours after he left Dorchester prison at the country’s other end.