Melbourne, Nov 8 : In a move to encourage safe sex practices during the celebrations of Schoolies – the Australian tradition of high-school graduates having week-long holidays following the end of their final exams – a health care group has launched a sexual health campaign where youngsters have to just send a text message to get free condoms.

Health care group Marie Stopes International has launched the campaign called, TXT 4 Free Condomz.

Washington, November 8 : Jenna Jameson wants to replace her original name with her porn name by making it official.

The retired 34-year-old, whose autobiographical ‘How to Make Love Like a Porn Star’ spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, insists on being remembered by her signature porn princess name.

The American actress is said to have submitted her legal documents that will help her retain her iconic title in place of her birth name, Jenna Marie Massoli, forever, reports Fox News.

‘The Queen of Porn’, who started acting in erotic films in 1993 after having worked as a stripper and glamour model, allegedly chose her last name from a phonebook.

Washington, November 7 : A new study has revealed that leprosy, also known as Hansen''s disease, is still prevalent in the United States.

"Approximately 150 cases are diagnosed each year with 3,000 people in the U. S. currently being treated for leprosy,” says Dr. James Krahenbuhl, director of the Health Resources Service Administration''s National Hansen''s Disease Program (NHDP) in Baton Rouge, LA.

Washington, Nov. 8 : Two former White House chiefs of staff have praised President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Representative Rahm Emanuel for the same job.

Ken Duberstein, the former chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan, and Leon Panetta, the former California congressman who held the post in the Clinton White House, said Emanuel’s appointment suggested that Obama was serious about getting results from his administration.

“Rahm is exceptionally well-qualified for that job,” Politico quoted Duberstein, as saying while lauding Obama for choosing a chief of staff so early in the transition process.

New Delhi - Indian domestic airlines Jet airways has terminated the contracts of at least 25 expatriate pilots, news reports said Saturday.

A major hike in aviation fuel earlier this year combined with the impact of high inflation has led to a downturn in India's aviation sector and the sackings are part of an effort to cut costs and streamline operations.

The foreigners among the staff who had been sacked included captains of Boeing 737 aircraft, a Jet Airways spokesperson was quoted as saying by PTI news agency. The airlines had earlier grounded five of these aircraft.

Baghdad  - One person was killed and seven injured on Saturday in a bomb blast in northern Baghdad, police said.

The bomb went off in the al-Qahira neighborhood, damaging nearby shops and vehicles, the Voices of Iraq news agency reported.

Meanwhile, a prominent al-Qaeda-in-Iraq leader was killed in the north of the Iraqi capital during an operation by Iraqi forces, Sahwa fighters and coalition forces, a US army statement said on Saturday.