Filipino youths are finding a way to fight drug-induced "fun" with "Mardi-Drugs" a week-long activity, including cheering and street dance competition in the heart of the Philippines' financial center. Students from Makati City's 42 public and private school will commence the Mardi Drugs on Wednesday in an effort to launch an anti-drugs campaign not just based on slogans but also to provide the youth with an alternative fun. The activities are in line with the celebration of the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week.

In addition to a two-year probation, an Australian woman found guilty of animal sacrifice in a Brisbane church last month was ordered by the courts to issue an apology to the goat owners last Monday. Tracy Lee Arnold, aged 26, was accused of slaughtering a pet goat named Maddie at the Bellbowrie Community Church, as reported by Political Gateway. Arnold pled guilty to the charges of three counts of stealing and the injuring of an innocent animal - all of which was claimed to have been part of a Friday the 13th prank.

Singapore Airlines is not allowing romantic passengers aboard its new Airbus A380 Superjumbo jets to use the beds in the private suites of the world's biggest commercial plane for sex. Australian newspaper Mercury quoted a spokesman of the airlines as saying that the ban on airborne sex is among the rules for passenger behavior during flights of the A380.

Opposition leader Kevin Rudd has finally acknowledged the video which apparently showed him picking and eating his own ear wax in parliament, saying he wished his behavior could have been "more ideal. " The video, played in YouTube. com and circulated via email around the world, showed a younger Rudd doing the ear-dig thing during his earlier years as a member of parliament.

A pro-family political party in Australia has expelled one of its members reportedly over pornography scandals. Victorian Senator Steve Fielding's Family First party has recalled the endorsement of Andrew Quah, 22, on Saturday.