Melbourne, Apr 28 : New Hope Church has infuriated officials at the school where they hold their meetings, after they mailed tens of thousands colourful fliers posing the question "Is Your Sex Life A Bore?"

The school is now contemplating to boot the congregation off its property, after it sent the fliers to residents in Melbourne, Florida, and also invited them to go to the school to "learn how to have the Great Sex that God created you to enjoy!"

Tokyo - Pioneer Corp plans to raise 2.5 billion yen (25.85 million dollars) in fresh capital from one of its business partners, Honda Motor Co, the firm said Tuesday. Honda will pay 170 yen for each of Pioneer's 14.7 million new shares and to become the second-largest shareholder with a 6.54-per-cent stake after Sharp Corp, according to Japan's business daily The Nikkei.

United Spirits, the largest spirit and liquor company in India, has registered decline of 14.57 per cent in its net profit to Rs 55.62 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2009.

The company registered a net profit of Rs 65.11 crore in the same quarter ended March 31, 2008.

However, the total income of the company has surged to Rs 922.90 crore for the quarter under review, as against Rs 765.46 crore in the same quarter last fiscal.

For the year ended March 31, 2009, the company has posted a net profit of Rs 297.23 crore against Rs 311.28 crore last fiscal, down 4.51 per cent.

London, Apr 28 : In times of war and crisis, people tend to choose masculine-looking leaders to lead them, a new study has found.

While in peaceful times, they prefer feminine-looking politicians, the study showed.

Brian Spisak and Mark Van Vugt at the University of Kent, UK used image manipulation on photographs to find out whether facial characteristics influence people's choice of leaders.

Beijing - China on Tuesday protested Vietnam's "illegal" appointment of a governor for the disputed Xisha islands in the South China Sea. "China has indisputable sovereignty over the Xisha islands and their adjacent waters," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement.

Vietnam's April 25 appointment of a chairman of a People's Committee for the islands - also known internationally as the Paracels, and in Vietnam as the Huyen dao Hoang Sa - was "illegal and invalid," Jiang said.

London, Apr 28 : Britain's Got Talent's singing sensation Susan Boyle has told show bosses that she would like to start her singing career and earn cash in the US before the end of the show.

Boyle, 48, dubbed Hairy Angel, is not allowed to perform on any other show until Britain's Got Talent has finished, but her friends and relatives have told her to talk to the TV chiefs about letting her start her career.