■ Kazakhstan
Borat invited to `his' land
Alarmed by the antics of a fictional TV reporter who portrays their country as a nation of horse urine-drinking misogynists, Kazakh authorities have invited the British comedian who plays the character to come and see the truth for himself. Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh first deputy foreign minister and a powerful son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, asked British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen to visit the vast, oil-rich nation and meet normal human beings rather than the larger-than-life lunatics shown by Cohen's TV reporter Borat.
■ United Kingdom
Seniors wanted more sex
Pensioners regret not having had more sex while younger, while 20-somethings wish they'd got on the property ladder earlier, according to a survey released yesterday. The generational study questioned 1,500 Britons over 65 and the same number aged between 20-29 about their top-10 wishes if they could turn back the clock. Seventy percent of the pensioners said they wished they'd had more sex, with 57 percent regretting they had not travelled more. Four out of 10 regretted not saving more for their retirement. Of the younger respondents, 77 percent wished they had bought their first home earlier, with 56 percent regretting "wasting" their money on socializing and drinking. The poll was commissioned by television channel UKTV Gold.
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