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- Tiger Woods 'seeing different girls' a year after scandal
- Brit student says Indian-origin teacher begged for threesome with his pal
- Oz woman pleads guilty to having sex with 14-year-old boy
- Argentina's 'Fritzl' arrested after fathering 10 kids with own daughter
- Ronaldo's girlfriend Irina Shayk in nude photo row
- Asian gang of 'sexual predators' in UK raped girls as young as 12
- US brands three LeT leaders as global terrorists
- Underwear that protects your privacy at airports
- Dress that caught William's eye may fetch Rs 72 lakh
- 'If gays can, why can't we?'
| Tiger Woods 'seeing different girls' a year after scandal Posted: It seems love-rat Tiger Woods is back to his old tricks a year after the infamous Thanksgiving weekend car wreck that ignited golfer's sex scandals. "He's seeing different girls, creeping around in a low-key way," UsMagazine.com quoted a Woods insider as saying. "I don't think you can call it dating." The source continued that Woods is adding a grotto-style pool - like the one at the Playboy Mansion -- to his 50 million dollars Jupiter, Fla. home. He probably won't break it in over the next couple weeks, however. Says the insider, "The kids and his mom will join him for Thanksgiving." His ex-wife Elin Nordegren, meanwhile, is "not dating, but is in great spirits," the source added.
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| Brit student says Indian-origin teacher begged for threesome with his pal Posted: A 16-year-old Brit student, who was seduced by a female teacher, has told of her 'insatiable' appetite for sex and how she begged for threesome with his pal. Jack Maclean, who was one of two pupils at an all-boys school bedded by Hina Patel, 37, revealed how the teacher openly flirted with older pupils at Birkdale High School in Southport, Merseyside, reports the Sun. The teenager, who exercised his legal right to remain anonymous, said, "She would be very touchy-feely with a lot of the lads - but you never think it will go further." Patel has already been jailed for 16 months at Liverpool Crown Court for her criminal act. She had arrived at the school as a cover supervisor in September last year and in less than six months later Jack found a pal was texting her, so he started to do so too. "It soon got quite graphic. She told me what she wanted to do with me in the bedroom. I was surprised how brazen she was," said Jack.
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| Oz woman pleads guilty to having sex with 14-year-old boy Posted: A 24-year-old Australian woman has pleaded guilty to sleeping with 14-year-old boy she was meant to be driving to school. Kimberly Annette Gale, from Hillside in Victoria, confessed two counts of sexual penetration of a child under 16 after embarking on a relationship with the teenager earlier this year. The woman had met the boy - and his mother - at a football club, and having heard that he was having trouble getting to school, offered to provide lifts. Gale drove the boy to school every morning for three to four weeks and got into intimate during that time. On one occasion, she drove him to her family's home and the pair had sex before she dropped him to the school. The act was repeated after two weeks. When the school contacted the mother to say her son had been late several times, she was puzzled and contacted Gale who said she had been stuck in traffic. The mother told her she would make alternative arrangements for her son and confiscated his mobile phone. Gale then texted the boy's phone, saying she missed him. After the mother responded 'really?' she sent another telling him she loved him. Confronted by his mother, the boy broke down and admitted the relationship. The defence lawyer, Amy Wood, told Judge Sue Pullen her client had endured a difficult childhood and the attention of the boy, plus moving back home to live with her mother and stepfather, had made her feel 'like she was 16 again'. Wood said her client knew the relationship was wrong but had become 'blinded' by the attention the boy had given her. "What we have here is a 23-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy and she knew what she was doing was wrong," The Daily Mail quoted Judge Pullen as saying. The plea hearing has been adjourned to December 15 for a psychiatric assessment of Gale, who was remanded in custody.
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| Argentina's 'Fritzl' arrested after fathering 10 kids with own daughter Posted: In a case likened to that of 'dungeon dad' Josef Fritzl in Austria, a 62-year-old Argentinian man has been arrested for raping his own daughter over a 30-year period and fathering 10 children with her. The victim, who is now 43 years old and cannot be named, has accused her father of raping her since she was 13 at the family home in Santa Fe Province, 600 km north of Buenos Aires, reports News.com.au. The judge hearing the matter described the case as 'even worse than what happened in Austria', a reference to Fritzl who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her. "The accused denied the allegations but DNA tests have confirmed paternity," Judge Virgilio Palud told a local radio. The man has been charged with repeated sexual abuse and incest, crimes that carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, the judge said. In the Argentinian case, one of the 10 children born of the rapes has already died. The victim said she waited so long to accuse her father because he had threatened her. She got her chance when he was arrested for the theft of some livestock. The case is the second such shocking father-daughter abuse to emerge in Argentina in as many years. Last year, the case of the 'Monster of Mendoza' gripped Argentina, when a 67-year-old man was accused of raping and fathering seven children with one of his three daughters.
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| Ronaldo's girlfriend Irina Shayk in nude photo row Posted: Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend Irina Shayk is upset with Spanish GQ after nude photos of her were published in the magazine. The 24-year-old Russian beauty's agents threatened to sue the mag over the pictures, which they claim have been digitally altered. However, the magazine insists the underwear model happily stripped off -- and has threatened legal action against Shayk's agents Elite. The stunning brunette posed for GQ in Madrid on November 4 and the magazine published 14 sexy photographs and an interview this week. The front cover shows her smoking a cigarette over the headline: "The most beautiful animal in the world. Do you want to discover Ronaldo's girlfriend naked?" Inside she appears in a series of photographs in lingerie, and in five pictures she seems to be wearing no knickers. One shows her outdoors in just a pair of high heels, and two others only wearing knee-length socks. "She's the victim of photographic retouching and negligence by GQ Spain. It wasn't planned for her to appear naked," the Sun quoted Gael Marie, director of Elite models in Spain, as saying. Marie said the photos "damaged and harmed the model's image" and added: "It's obvious the headline was designed with the sole aim of selling more copies." The editor of the magazine Javier Fernandez de Angulo, who was present during the photo-shoot, hit back, saying: "The model took her clothes off completely naturally. "Maybe she's annoyed because we put on the front cover that she's Ronaldo's girlfriend, and she asked us to avoid that." Ironically, during the interview Shayk says you don't have to be naked to feel sexy. She said: "I feel very sexy when I'm wearing lingerie. "You don't have to be naked to feel sexy. "I think the power of seduction is within every woman, but of course I feel more sexy wearing lingerie," she added.
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| Asian gang of 'sexual predators' in UK raped girls as young as 12 Posted: An Asian gang of 'sexual predators' in Britain raped girls as young as 12 after picking them up from the streets. Up to 100 'vulnerable' girls may have been groomed, abused or supplied cocaine by married fathers Abid Saddique and Mohammed Liaqat, and their friends, reports the Daily Mail. A court heard the pair used Liaqat's BMW saloon to trawl for victims, pulling up alongside girls outside shops or schools and chatting them up before a 'campaign of calls and texts' to groom them. Saddique, 27, and Liaqat, 28, plied the victims - most from broken homes - with vodka and cocaine before taking them to 'parties' in hotels or flats with other gang members to rape or degrade them. When girls refused their advances they were threatened with hammers or thrown out of cars. Yesterday Saddique and Liaqat, each British-born and of Pakistani origin with an arranged marriage, faced years behind bars after being found guilty of a catalogue of sexual abuse over an 18-month period. Reporting restrictions were lifted at the end of a third and final trial into the Derby gang's activities. Seven other guilty members of the gang have already been jailed. One of 26 alleged victims concerned in the gang's trials was a 14-year-old straight-A student from a middle-class home. The inquiry began in late 2008 when Saddique and Liaqat, both fathers-of-one, were arrested for shoplifting and two young girls were discovered with alcohol in their car. Police swooped in April 2009 when two teenagers came out of a flat officers were watching and reported they had been raped. The surveillance teams had not known the girls were there. After yesterday's verdicts at Leicester Crown Court, a senior officer warned that child exploitation and abuse was a 'hidden' problem nationwide. "I would appeal to parents to monitor their children's phones... and think about if they come home smelling of alcohol or clutching gifts. These are all signs that children could be being groomed." Detective Inspector Sean Dawson, of Derbyshire Police, said. He said that although all of the victims were white except for three mixed-race girls and two Asians, the men were 'out for whatever sex they could get' and did not care what race their victims were. The oldest victim was 18 but most were aged between 14 and 16. One girl described a sexual assault involving at least eight men, although charges in relation to that incident were not proceeded with. Many attacks were filmed on mobile phones as 'trophies'.
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| US brands three LeT leaders as global terrorists Posted: The United States has designated three top leaders of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the Mumbai terrorist attacks, as global terrorists and slapped sanctions on one of its affiliates. The move came on the eve of the second anniversary of the 26/11 assault. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the US Attorney-General, has amended the designation of LeT by adding Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) as an alias of LeT, the State Department announced on Wednesday. The Department of the Treasury also designated LeT senior leader and current head of FIF, Hafiz Abdur Rauf, Mian Abdullah, the head of LeT's traders department, and Mohmmad Naushad Alam Khan, a key financial facilitator for LeT, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. "These actions will help stem the flow of finances to LeT through FIF and provide the Department of Justice with a critical tool to prosecute those who knowingly provide material support to LeT and its senior leaders," the State department said. FIF is a Pakistan-based organization that is closely connected to banned terrorist group LeT and its humanitarian front Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD). LeT has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist acts against Pakistani, Indian and US interests and is responsible for the horrific November 2008 Mumbai attacks, it said. The United Nations and Government of Pakistan have already banned JUD, through which LeT seeks to raise money for terrorist activities, the department said noting, "In essence, FIF is JUD with a new name, designed to evade scrutiny and sanctions." The various actions taken Wednesday against FIF support the US effort to degrade the capabilities of LeT, it said. "We are determined to eliminate LeT's ability to carry out terrorist attacks and to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat its networks." The Department of State's Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Daniel Benjamin, said "Today's amendment of the LeT designation to include FIF shows that the United States will not tolerate any support to this organization. "LeT has attempted to use FIF as a way to evade scrutiny. This designation will help put to an end that attempted evasion."
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| Underwear that protects your privacy at airports Posted: Public anger over TSA's full body scans at the airport has led one Colorado inventor to design a special kind of underwear that will protect your privacy and dignity during airport screenings. Inventor, Jeff Buske of Rocky Flats Gear says his invention uses a special strategically placed fig leaf that is comprised of a powdered metal substance that will protect people's privacy during medical or security screening. Buske says the underwear's inserts are thin and conform to the body's contours, making it difficult to hide anything beneath them. The mix of tungsten and other metals do not set off metal detectors. While the men's underwear comes with the fig leaf design the woman's undergarment is in the shape of a clasped hand. Recently, TSA's tactics have come under fire after several people refused to undergo full-body scans because they felt it violated their right to privacy. Police were called to a security checkpoint at the Tampa International Airport earlier this month after a male passenger refused a full-body scan. The unidentified man became angry after being told to go through the security measure at Airside E. When police arrived the man had calmed down and ultimately opted for a body pat-down, and was allowed to board his flight. The newly designed underwear will protect your privacy; however, it remains unclear whether it would lead to a more intrusive pat down by Federal Transportation Security Administration officials. Opt-out day in USA
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| Dress that caught William's eye may fetch Rs 72 lakh Posted: The see-through dress which Kate Middleton wore as Prince William watched her at a university fashion show could now be worth 100,000 (Rs 72 lakh). Middleton wore the silk outfit, designed by fashion student Charlotte Todd, during a show at St Andrews University in 2002. Prince William was photographed watching his future bride, whose lacy underwear was clearly visible under the slinky garment (pictured). After the show the dress was returned to Todd, who packed it away in her mother's wardrobe, where it has remained ever since. The graduate, who now works in an aquarium, spoke of her pride in playing such a key role in royal history. She has already turned down an offer of 1,000 for the dress and has vowed never to sell it - but experts estimate it could fetch a staggering 100,000 in the future. Following Diana Todd, now 31, hopes the dress will one day end up in a museum like many of Princess Diana's iconic outfits. She said, "When I realised she would become Queen I started to appreciate the significance of it all. "The dress is a part of fashion history the moment William could first have fallen in love with Kate and that makes me really proud. "I only made it as a skirt, but they pulled it up on Kate and she wore it as a dress. Maybe if it hadn't been see-through, William might not have noticed her. I definitely think it has played a part in the royal love story." Todd, from Bedminster, Bristol, revealed the dress cost just 30 (Rs 2,150) to put together back in 2000. Christine Satchett, from South London auctioneer's Greasbys, said, "With important royal items like this, if someone has got the money they will just keep on bidding. "I imagine she could get someone to pay 10,000 for it now. But in years to come if Kate was on the throne it could reach up to 100,000. "The price could just go up ten-fold it was the same with Princess Diana's clothes."
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| Posted: Straight couple from England have been refused civil partnership A Bristol couple has been denied a civil partnership because they are not gay. Ian Goggin (21) and Kristin Skarsholt (22), of Clifton, want the right to be united in a civil partnership rather than marriage, claiming it better suits their relationship. Yesterday they attended Bristol Register Office only to be provided with a letter stating they were not eligible for a civil partnership because they were not the same sex. The letter read, "Under section three of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, two people are not eligible to register as civil partners of each other if they are not of the same sex. Therefore any request to give notice which does not meet these provisions must be declined." Ian and Kristin, who met at an event in Norway, made the application as part of the Equal Love campaign, which is seeking to overturn the twin prohibitions on gay civil marriages and heterosexual civil partnerships. The campaign has been organised by gay rights group Outrage! and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. After making the application Ian and Kristin said they were now prepared to take their battle for equal rights through the courts. Kristin, a graduate in peace studies and conflict resolution, said, "Being a wife does not resonate with me. To 'husband' in the dictionary is to manage or control and that is not reflected in our relationship. We see and love each others as equals. "Now we have been formally rejected we can take this through the court system and challenge a law that excludes same sex couples from marriage and different sex couples from civil partnerships." Ian added, "This is not a gay or straight campaign it is an equal rights campaign. We are disappointed with what happened today but if anything it has strengthened our resolve." Civil Partnership A civil partnership is the legal equivalent of a heterosexual marriage for same sex couples, who receive many of the same legal rights, such as pensions, inheritance, tax and benefits. There are differences, such as relationships end in dissolution, not divorce and the partnership does not require a ceremony or reading of vows to formalise it.
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