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In India, where AIDS continues to expand at epidemic proportions largely due to a negative social stigma attached to the use of condoms, a new ringtone is being promoted that chimes "condom, condom" when a users receives a phone call. The hope is that people will be brave enough to implement the custom ring tone to show that they are smart enough to support condom use.

A man from Durban is attempting to be the first ever to conduct a bungee jump using a rope furnished from over 18,500 condoms to promote safe sex. Though the rope has never been tested before, it was designed using calculations that should be safe enough for jump master Carl Dionisio to make the historic jump safely.

Durex, the world's leading condom manufacturer, has developed a new topical gel that promises to enhance a woman's ability to climax during sex. Dubbed "Play O", the gel works with L'Arginine, an amino acid that increases blood flow and increases the stimulation felt by women in order to extend and enhance orgasms.

Olympic planners have provided condoms to Olympic athletes ever since the 1992 games in Barcelona. With over 10,000 athletes expected to be out partying and having sex during the Olympic Games in Beijing this week, the event organizers in Beijing decided to opt for overkill, with 100,000 units being distributed so as not to run out as they did in 1996 and 2000.

Chinese condom-maker Elasun has coordinated their latest run of ads to tie condom use into a creative Olympic themed campaign. The ads feature Olympic characters interacting with the condoms in a fun and inventive manner, alongside a tagline that proclaims, "Sports make you health”.

A new study confirms fears that Mexican immegrants to America are engaging in highly risky sexual practices; moreso that then do when at home in Mexico. The study reported that 40% of immegrants have engaged in sexual practices while under the influence of drugs or alcohol compared to just 25% of those still in Mexico.

With soaring STD infection rates, India's government is working closely with NGOs that distribute female condoms to sex workers that they will make female condoms available for just 3 rupees a piece. The new cost reduces the price of these devices by about 40% and makes them affordable enough for these women to use them with clients who refuse to wear condoms themselves.

A patented device that goes by the name of "Rapex" is a female-worn condom with specialized barbs that latch onto the member of any unwelcome intruder. While the concept seems sound, this journalist questions the practicality of the device, and points out that it casts a negative stigma on men and enforces the misconception that it's women's fault when they are raped.

Despite Beijing's efforts to crack down on illegal sex businesses in preparation for the Olympic games, international reporters have had little trouble exposing the country's lucrative sex trade. This report only scratches the surface of what is available in China's sex market, and goes to show the depths of the sex business in Chinese culture.

As England and the USA both struggle with ballooning abortion and teen pregnancy rates, this columnist points out that if education is really at the heart of the problem, a quick ten minute tutorial on the effectiveness of condoms is all that's in order.