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[Moscow, July 6. Image via AP]

U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama look at a cat at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 6, 2009. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

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• The Vietnamese media reports that about 130 women are held as prisoners, including some held in dog cages, and forced to work as prostitutes 18 hours per day. • A male white rhino in South Australia led his zookeepers on a 12-hour chase after he escaped from his habitat on Sunday in jealous protest over another bull being mated with a female rhino. • Den of Geek! has compiled a list of the 50 best drug trip scenes from movies, including scenes from The Matrix and Rosemary's Baby. • The principal of an exclusive Sydney boys' school has blamed South Park and Summer Heights High for their un-PC humor after students at the school allegedly posted anti-Semitic comments on a Facebook group titled Jew Parking Appreciation Group. • A new study claims that men have evolved to overspend so that they can attract mates. • A new DIY store-bought test, appropriately called The Sperm Check Vasectomy test, promises to help men check if their vasectomy has worked or not. • Cute alert: here are some photos of a baby orangutan who has befriended a two-year-old girl. • A mother from Detroit was arrested on Sunday after she had her 16-year-old daughter participate in a sex party that included 19 prostitutes and 20 men. • Brazil's sex toy industry is experiencing a boom after the South American country's economy has taken off. • Some high school students in Michigan observed the autopsy of a local 14-year-old girl from their same school district, although none of the students knew her. • New educational strategies distributed to Australian teachers say that red ink is "too aggressive" to use when correcting a student's paper and may contribute to harming a student's psyche. • Strange portraits of Obama on Mental Floss involve two separate paintings that include unicorns. •

• Opponents of the Miss University London beauty pageant (which is not connected with the school) are hoping to get the pageant which they see as misogynistic and like a "cattle call" cancelled before the contest's grand finale in February. • A new study claims that women who must work to support themselves or their family have a higher hip-to-waist ratio which might be linked to androgens (which includes testosterone) which is linked to stamina and assertiveness. • A 1-week old English infant who was separated from her conjoined twin died on Tuesday after the surgery. Her twin sister is in stable condition. • Police in Uganda claim that violent gangs are robbing men by luring them with women who have chloroform on their chests and then stripping them once they are unconscious. • The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology are calling for the next Doctor Who to be a woman. • An English cat named Mischief who is believed to be the world's oldest living cat celebrated his 125th birthday (or 27th in human years).• An English teenager's 16th birthday party was ruined when it was crashed by 400 wild party-crashers who found out about the party via Facebook. • A new study suggests that college women are unaware of some sexual assault risks related to drugging, such as leaving your drink unattended. • The ex-boyfriend of a 20-year-old woman in Florida (who can't remember his last name) stole a wig off of the woman's head while riding a bicycle.• New research shows that 1 in 5 women with breast cancer who are 65 or older delay or do not finish their treatment following breast cancer surgery. • Condom sales are up because having sex is the cheapest form of entertainment.• A recent study claims that women who exercise during pregnancy are more likely to have pre-eclampsia. • The first Australian evaluation of the HPV vaccine against hypersensitivity development reveals that a hypersensitivity reaction is rare in young women given the vaccine. • Researchers say that women who have more than two alcoholic drinks a day have a higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation, which can increase the risk of a stroke. • The Pentagon reports that during the 2008 fiscal year, enlisted soldiers and Marines divorced their spouses at the highest rate in the past 16 years. •

• Here are seven facts about HPV and Gardasil that every woman should know (like, did you know that HPV infection risk can increase with birth control pill use?). • Did you know that the inventor of the Slinky joined a Bolivian religious cult during a mid-life crisis in the 1960s? • The newest Wallace and Gromit film, A Matter of Loaf and Death, will not be eligible for an Oscar until 2010. • A female tiger cub was given a rare blood transfusion on Sunday after being beaten and then rescued by fearful villagers in India. • Australian Health Department officials are investigating dozens of massage parlors/brothels that write off their services as "therapeutic massages" and illegally billing health insurers. • The National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden announced today that it is removing transvestism, gender identity disorder, fetishism and four other sexual behaviors from its list of diseases. • A recent study claims that young women who smoke are twice as likely to develop moderate to severe PMS. • Athene Donald, a British scientist whose research may help with treatment of Alzheimer's, was made a laureate for the prestigious For Women In Science awards coming up next March. • The Girls' Schools Association in the UK plans to launch a website in January aimed at parents of teenage daughters. • Tennis player Martina Navratilova says that her snoring is so loud that she has woken herself up on occasion. • People with low levels of the tau protein (which helps people maintain good memory skills) have fewer protein tangles that are associated with Alzheimer's. • In female life expectancy, Britain comes up 16th out of 25 European countries. The top Euro country for women? France. • A French court of appeals has overruled a previous verdict that annulled a marriage of two Muslims because the wife lied about her virginity. • Mothers in Seattle join up in groups for intensive pre-dawn workouts to fit in some exercise and stress relief in their hectic schedules. • The Australian Sex Party will be launched on Thursday and runs on a platform of sex education, reducing censorship and supporting gay marriage. Sounds good to us! •

• New Scientist reports on a recent study that suggests that men have "evolved defenses" to detect if their girlfriend or wife has been cheating on them. • Burton snowboards that feature nude women and cartoon drawings of a man cutting his hand have caused some ski resorts to ban their employees from using the boards while on duty. • King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia launched construction of the country's first women-only university on Wednesday. • Meanwhile, today is Pink Hijab Day, wherein hijab-wearing Muslim women raise awareness of breast cancer by wearing pink hijabs. • Five soldiers and two police officers in South Africa have been found guilty of committing sex crimes against Zimbabwean immigrants, whom the convicted forced to undress and perform sexual acts on each other. • A bizarre new study suggests that attractive fathers and mothers do not pass on their facial attractiveness to their sons. • Symptoms of heart disease, the leading cause of death for American women, is often misdiagnosed in women as symptoms of stress. • An Egyptian woman's blog, which bemoans the pressures put on her by her family to find a quick husband, has been turned into a successful book. • A 23-year-old woman was stoned to death after she was raped in an Islamist-controlled area of Somalia. • Malaysia's top Islamic council wants to ban Muslims from practicing yoga. • A Florida teen pleaded guilty to elder abuse charges on Tuesday after he was arrested for coaxing his senile grandmother into holding a gun and threatening to shoot "all the pigs" in a homemade video .• Jennifer Aniston has a brain neuron nicknamed after her which is the cell that reacts in people's brain when they see a familiar face. • Nuns at a 170-year-old British abbey are putting their goods up for sale as they prepare to move to a smaller convent in North Yorkshire National Park. •

• Domestic violence directed towards men goes largely ignored by the media. • A new analysis found that their are no well-constructed studies that show the benefits for removing ovaries during a hysterectomy, meaning that doctors are often guessing based on a woman's age if they should remove the organs or not. • A new study has found that many widowers are not told their wife's illness is terminal and are usually only informed within a week of the wife's death. • Cancer patients are seeing the benefits of writing about their emotions as they go through cancer treatment. • Artist Jocelyn Foye gets roller derby girls from LA Derby Dolls to make indentations in clay with their knees for an exhibition in California. • Women between the ages of 50 to 79 who get nine or more hours of sleep have a 60-70% increased chance of getting a stroke. • The 1995 film version of Sense And Sensibility sparked a rise in wedding requests for a 15th-century church in England, but a broken bell has seen those requests cool off. • A man found with bestiality porn (including octopus porn) avoids jail in Australia after it is revealed he is the most awkward and lonely dude in the world. • Girls in Tech, a group for women in the male-dominated technology field, opens a chapter in LA. • An Indian man tries to use an impostor wife to get a divorce. • Finally, some happy animal news: here's video of a bunny adopted by a cat (via Cute Overload).

[Japan, May 22. Image via Getty.]

Wearing a stationmaster's cap of Wakayama Electric Railway, the nine-year-old female tortoiseshell cat named 'Tama' sits on a ticket gate at Kishi station on the Kishigawa line in the city of Kinokawa, in Wakayama prefecture. The number of passengers who travel along the line increased 10 percent for the year to March 2007 from the previous year, credited to Tama after the 'stationmaster' cat appeared at the unmanned small station. — Getty