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Viagra for votes in Taiwan

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese candidate running for a seat in the Kaohsiung City Council was giving away the male anti-impotency pill Viagra in exchange for votes, the China Times Express reported. The candidate gave out the pills when campaigning in his southern Taiwan constituency, where Viagra was reportedly a popular topic of discussion among senior citizens, the paper said yesterday.

Porn in the PMO

LONDON: Three officials in British Prime Minister Tony Blair8217;s office were transferred for using government computers to download pornography from the Internet, a spokesman for the premier said Saturday. The spokesman described the officials as 8220;very low-level clerks8221;. He said Blair had not been informed as he 8220;had bigger things to do8221;.