When the Dalai Lama delivered his first lecture to an American audience, the year was 1979, and the place was in northwestern New Jersey, at an obscure Buddhist teaching center.

"We had maybe several hundred people," said Diana Cutler, who has lived at the center for decades. "He wasn't famous then."

Recently, the 75-year-old leader of Tibetan Buddhism and global human rights champ...

Issue: Vol. 35 / No. 42 / 20 October 2005Serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities since 1971

Health service providers should provide late night servicesfor gay men, concludes a study which tested the feasibility of offering suchthings as HIV testing, counseling and needle exchange during predawn hours.

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Thailand's Thaksin Urges Calm After Bird Flu Death (Update1)

Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra urged Thais not to panic after a resurgence of the deadliest strain of bird flu killed a 13th person in the kingdom -- the first this year.

``The second test on a dead person came out last night and found that the man in Kanchanaburi province had...

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A new line-up of stars are vying to become king or queen of the jungle when the new series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here starts on ITV.

ITV bosses are keeping tight lipped about who will appear when the new series of the hit reality show starts in mid-N...

Thursday, 20th October 2005, 07:35Drug firm Roche plans to increase supplies of antiviral drug Tamiflu by allowing other companies to produce it under licence to combat a potential bird flu pandemic.

The Swiss giant is considering ways of boosting output of the main treatment for the deadly strain of bird flu which struck Asia last year.

The Indian company Cipla says it will begin m...

Thailand's Thaksin Calls for Calm After 13th Bird Flu Death

Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra urged Thais not to panic after a resurgence of the deadliest strain of bird flu killed a 13th person in the kingdom -- the first this year.

``The second test on a dead person came out last night and found that the man in Kanchanaburi province had ...

I decided some years ago that I would not remarry -- and as far as sex goes, I find pleasure with sex workers. As I get older, however, I find that the simple sight of a naked woman willing to part her legs for my money does not cut it for me.

Like many men, I yearn for intimacy. In its absence, I would love to be made love to by a woman who truly knows how to please a man. Perhaps a good...

(PG) -- Box office phenom Dakota Fanning stars as a little girl who believes an injured race horse will run again. With Kurt Russell and Kris Kristofferson.

(R) -- Charlize Theron stars as a woman who decides to go to court to fight sexual harassment at a Minnesota mining site.

R) -- The Rock shoots, stomps, slashes and squashes all manner of monster in this video game adaptation.