Tel Aviv, Jan 6 : Journalists covering the present Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip have claimed that Israel is not allowing foreign press to enter the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Accusing Israel of playing games with the media, the Foreign Press Association said that Tel Aviv's stalling tactics had exasperated it.

They suggested that Israel was mixing genuine security concerns and games.

"We are waiting day by day, hour by hour," said Glenys Sugarman, executive secretary of the FPA.

"We just don''''''''t know when we will get in," Sugarman added.

Nairobi/Goma - Confusion reigned Tuesday over who was in charge of the main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo after reports that General Laurent Nkunda had been ousted were denied.

A group of officers from the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) on Monday sent a statement to the BBC saying they had ousted Nkunda for "bad governance."

However, a spokesman for Nkunda, who has been leading a rebellion in the east of the sprawling nation, then denied this was the case.

Fighting between the CNDP and government troops exploded in October after beginning to ramp up in August.

Washington, Jan 6 : Birthing has perks beyond the miracle of life, which include - orgasm. According to a new DVD, non-medicated labor possibly can be climactic.

The documentary entitled "Orgasmic Childbirth" revealed that biologically speaking, birth can be a sexual experience.

The pleasures of birth allow for better mother-infant bonding. Orgasmic pleasures are a continuation of the act of conception itself. They''re in the best interest of the baby, and an ideal starting point for healthy family relationships, reports Fox News.

Research conducted by Dr. Beverly Whipple in 1989, as well as others, indicates that orgasms can be induced in some women during childbirth.

Cotabato City, Philippines - A vice mayor of a southern Philippine town was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen, police said Tuesday.

Froilan Rufino, 50, vice mayor of President Quirino town in Sultan Kudarat province, 930 kilometres south of Manila, died of three gunshot wounds to the head.

Police Senior Superintendent Benhur Mongao said Rufino was inside his residential compound in Patiko village when two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire at him Monday evening.

"No one saw the suspects because it was dark at the victim's place," he said.

Mongao said investigators were still determining a motive for the killing, which happened while Rufino was alone at the house.

New Delhi, Jan 6 : Demi Moore is a "diva" who treats gay men like handbags, says Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone.

The 48-year-old, who has openly confessed that he's homosexual, last year released a tell-all book entitled ''Life With My Sister Madonna''.

According to Ciccone, who declared in his book that the Queen of Pop is a control freak, a narcissist and a cheapskate, said the ''Striptease'' star stopped speaking to him when she met her now-husband Ashton Kutcher.

After meeting at a Los Angeles Kabbalah centre, Demi and Ciccone became firm friends.

However, when Demi''s relationship with Ashton started to get serious, Ciccone claims she immediately dropped him, report the China Daily.

Los Angeles - The San Antonio Spurs turned up their trademark defense down the stretch to turn back another opponent.

Tim Duncan had 19 points with nine rebounds, and Argentine Manu Ginobili blocked Dwyane Wade's shot in the final minutes as the Spurs beat the Miami Heat 91-84 on Monday night en route to their eighth win in the last nine games.

"It was a good defensive game both ways," Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said. "The defense was sound and we were able to make a couple of shots down the stretch. That's the way we have to be if we want to do anything at the end of the season."