In the Global Sexual Wellbeing Survey conducted by condom-maker Durex and announced during World Congress on Sexual Health, Asian lovers ranked themselves less favorably compared to the rest of the world. They reported spending less time for intercourse and having less chances to achieve orgasm.

The global survey covered 26,000 people in 26 countries. The survey pegged the average number of times people had sex in a year at 106

ew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg officially declared the city's free condom distribution program, "a sensation," saying New York has given away a record 5 million condoms during the first month of the city's new safe-sex awareness effort.

The condoms, which feature the words "NYC CONDOM," are designed similarly to the city's subway system, complete with the trademark font and colors of the transit system. The condoms are being distributed throughout the city in an effort to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases, and reduce unwanted pregnancies

United Nations health agencies said on Wednesday that circumcision reduces the risk of HIV by up to 60 percent in heterosexual men and recommended that they undergo the procedure.

However, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS also warned that circumcision should not be the only measure to prevent HIV - people should follow other measures like the use of male and female condoms, abstinence, delaying the start of sexual activity and monogamy

Various women's groups held a Women's Caravan Thursday to demand the Roman Catholic Church leadership in the Philippines to allow them the right of "informed choice" in choosing birth control. The Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) spokesman Monsignor Pedro Quitorio III met with the group.

The women called on the Catholic Church to ease its pressure on the government to adhere to only one method of family planning, adding that despite the separation between church and state, the CBCP remains an influential lobbying group in favor of only natural birth control, such as abstinence

Recent findings revealed that if HIV-positive men do not abstain from sex while healing from circumcision surgery, their female partners are at a greater risk of acquiring HIV from them.

The results were announced at a U.N. consultation in Switzerland on Tuesday regarding the potential impact of male circumcision on AIDS in Africa. Experts suggest that though circumcision may reduce men's chances of contracting HIV by up to 60 percent, the procedure may put women at increased risk of infection