Now, a minuscule rival for Viagra

September 19th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that terrorist and militants were deliberately created to achieve certain strategic goals and to counter rival ideology. "Militants and militancy were not created in a vacuum; they have been the product of a deliberate policy to fight the rival ideology," Zardari said.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - A new libido-boosting beer, which is said to be more effective than Viagra, and has an "instant" effect, has been launched in Europe. Juergen Hopf, the brewer of the erotic tonic, claims that he made the uplifting discovery by accident when machines at his automated brewery in Schoenbrunn in Bavaria, Germany, broke down.

August 18th, 2009 LONDON - A baby boy born with multiple complex conditions is being kept alive on Viagra. Three-and-a-half weeks old Owen Bloomfield, born with his stomach in the chest, a hole in his heart and a rare lung disorder, is virtually living on the impotence drug.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - An attempted armed robbery of a hairdresser in the Russian town of Meshchovsk became a three-day sex ordeal for a would-be thief, leaving him with torn genitals and a Viagra hangover. The man, known as Viktor, tried to rob 28-year-old hairdresser, called Olga.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - Despite being given just a few weeks to live by doctors, a little boy with a serious heart condition has managed to survive, courtesy anti-impotence drug Viagra. Little Alfie Oliver, who needs six doses of the drug every day, is set to celebrate his first birthday in two weeks.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Hackers have taken over hundreds of government, school and university websites in Britain, which direct users to pornographic websites, revealed a new research. The researchers pointed out more than 30 school and university websites' domain names, which have been infected with content that could direct children to illicit content on the net.

May 24th, 2009 LONDON - A leading US scientist, who shared a Nobel Prize in 1998 for his contribution in the development of Viagra, has passed away. He was 92. Robert Furchgott's family announced he had died in Seattle on Tuesday, reports the BBC.

May 10th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has a foolproof trick to go unnoticed while vacationing in Europe - he squeezes into tiny Speedo swimming trunks. The 'Big' star is amazed by the amount of male flesh on display on beaches in Europe, because his fellow countrymen wear baggy swim shorts to cover up as much as possible, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

May 7th, 2009 LONDON - A damning report prepared by Sussex inspectors has revealed that the Ford Open Prison is 'awash with alcohol' and has sacrificed its role as a place for the rehabilitation of prisoners. According to The Independent, iInspectors who visited the prison near Arundel, West Sussex, found alcohol abuse was rife among prisoners and poor security meant it was awash with other contraband.

May 2nd, 2009 LONDON - After a joke email about Viagra was circulated with an explicit picture attached to it, it cost taxpayers in a seaside town more than 14,000 pounds. Bournemouth Council is said to have spent 14,100.17 pounds paying 15 employees to stay at home, after the Viagra email, as council chiefs checked some of the staff's email accounts.

April 4th, 2009 LONDON - Viagra seems to be gaining popularity among footballers, with a club deciding to give its players the impotence pill to help them play better in high-altitude cup matches. Brazilian side Gremio has plans to use Viagra when they take on Bolivian teams, who have grounds up to 2,500 metres above sea level, in the Copa Libertadores.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Scientists are on their way to provide double bonanza to women looking for healthy skin - a moisturiser containing Viagra that could resolve cellulite issues. The drug sildenafil has had mixed success as a drug for women, but according to Croatian researchers incorporating the stuff into a moisturiser could open up a whole new market, reports New Scientist.

March 21st, 2009 LONDON - A Brit schoolgirl has been suspended after being caught distributing Viagra to male classmates. The girl from Frome Community College, Somerset, took the prescription sex drugs to her school earlier this week, and offered them to classmates.

March 15th, 2009 LONDON - Viagra might help men rise to the occasion, but its side effects can be oddly devastating, which include - wonky willies flatulence, toothache and hiccups! According to a health watchdog, the drug is responsible for 109 deaths in the UK. In Britain, more than 1,000 reports of problems are logged in a huge database listing more than 1,500 side effects.

December 23rd, 2008 LONDON - Sex and lust will never be the same again, thanks to a wondrous 'sex chip,' which could produce a pleasure as intense and thrilling as a 'delicious pastry.' Scientists are designing a 'sex chip' that will be able to enrich sex vastly by tickling pleasure centres in the brain, according to reports. A few years ago, a similar device implanted in the brain of a woman with a low sex drive, turned her into a sexually voracious woman, informed Tipu Aziz, neurosurgery professor at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford.