■ Malaysia
Husband tapes sex session

A Malaysian woman received a rude shock when a videotape that she believed contained clips of a family vacation instead was filled with shots of her husband having sex with another woman. The 31-year-old teacher, who was home alone at that time, was further shocked when she saw that several clips of the sex video was shot in her home and that she recognized the other woman, said the New Straits Times daily. The wife immediately reported the matter to the police, the report said. Police said the cheating husband and his girlfriend have been called in for questioning and would be charged with indecency.

■ Bangladesh

Floods cause havoc

Floods ravaging northern Bangladesh killed two people, marooned about 150,000 villagers and damaged rice crops, news reports said yesterday. The deluge caused by heavy rains this week has gripped the districts of Sylhet, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Netrokona. Monsoon floods are common in Bangladesh, a delta nation crisscrossed by rivers. The monsoon starts in June, but heavy rain has already hit parts of the country, the weather office said. Two men drowned after their boat sank in swirling flood waters on Monday in hard-hit Sylhet district, where nearly 100,000 people have been stranded in their flooded homes, Janakantha daily reported.

■ Hong Kong

Police attitude shocks city

A women's support group yesterday slammed Hong Kong's police after a survey showed nearly a third of officers believe a husband has the right to beat his wife. The survey follows the gruesome murders last week of a woman and her two young daughters after she'd pleaded with police and social services for protection from her violent husband, a case which has shocked the city. The Chinese University study found 29.7 percent of the 74 police officers questioned believed a husband could hit his wife and 28.4 percent said some women "seem to ask for beatings from their husbands." A quarter of them also believed a husband was entitled to have sex with his wife whenever he demanded.

■ Indonesia

Bodies found on streets

Indonesian police recorded 208 bodies found on streets and other public places in the capital, Jakarta, during the first three months of this year. Of the 208 corpses found, half were unidentified and at least 26 were believed to have been murder victims, reported The Jakarta Post, citing Jakarta police spokesman Senior Commissioner Prasetyo. Urban activist Wardah Hafidz said the high number of dead demonstrated a collapse of the "social bond" in the metropolis, home to an estimated 10 million to 12 million people.

■ China

Sex leads to sterility

While countless clinical studies around the world show that an active sex life contributes to the average person's well-being and health, one prominent Chinese doctor is warning it can lead to sterility. Li Bing, a senior gynecologist at the Guangzhou No 2 People's Hospital in southern Guangdong province, believes that sex among teenagers may contribute to increasing sterility among young Chinese women, the China Daily reported yesterday. Li claims that because more young women are having sex in China's increasingly open society, it is leading to greater pregnancy rates, which in turn results in more abortions, which can result in sterility.

■ Brazil
Prison riot talks to resume