Washington, April 8: Weight bias may contribute to the glass ceiling on the advancement of women to the top levels of management, according to a study.

Mark Roehling, an associate professor of Human Resource Management at Michigan State University (MSU), has found that overweight and obese women in the U. S. are significantly underrepresented among the top CEOs.

On the other hand, while obese men were also underrepresented, he says, overweight men were actually overrepresented among top CEOs.

Hong Kong - A 77-year-old Hong Kong man was savaged by a wild boar that pinned him to the ground and bit his groin, police said Wednesday.

The 70-kilogram animal went on a rampage, knocking the man down and sinking its teeth into him, after it strayed into a village in Hong Kong's New Territories.

Witnesses said the boar attacked Tuesday after it jumped a fence and charged at the man who was playing cards with friends outside.

The animal then ran off. The man was taken to hospital bleeding and was in stable condition Wednesday.

Manila  - The Philippines on Wednesday mounted search and rescue operations for a missing air force helicopter carrying senior staff of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo amid reports that the chopper could have crashed and exploded.

The Bell 412 helicopter, carrying five passengers and two pilots, was on its way to Banaue town in Ifugao province, 270 kilometres north of Manila, from the nearby mountain resort city of Baguio when it went missing Tuesday.

The state government has been directed by the Allahabad High Court to pay Rs five lakh as compensation to the wife and two daughters of high lawyer SK Awasthi who died in jail.

Mr. Awasthi died on May 13, 2008 due to ill-treatment by the authorities of the Central Jail, Naini.

A bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Vineet Saran passed the order on a writ petition the lawyer's father RN Awasthi, who had prayed for compensation and service to the dependants of his son.

Manila  - Twelve factory workers were killed and five injured when a boiler at a Styrofoam packaging plant exploded in the Philippines, police said Wednesday.

The explosion occurred Tuesday evening as night shift employees worked at the factory in Santa Maria town in Bulacan province, just north of Manila.

The town's police chief, Superintendent Marcos Rivero, said five workers died on the spot while others were trapped under concrete and steel debris as the blast destroyed the factory.

London, Apr 7: One in ten Britons would cheat on their partner if they thought they could get away with it, a new survey has revealed.

Also, a fifth of Brits fantasise regularly about having an affair, the poll of 3,000 married couples revealed.

The study found that although 73 per cent fear divorce if they are unfaithful, 12 per cent admit cheating on their spouse and a third have done so in a past relationship, reports The Daily Express.

According to 69 per cent, a quick kiss is enough to lose a spouse’s trust.