Thinking of doing ketamine? Here is what it does to a horse...

Stark warning over 'clubbing drug' risk

Injected ... Lulu the horse is out cold on floor after vets administer ketamine

LEGS buckling and eyes rolling, mare Lulu slumps against the wall of the veterinary operating theatre.

Her lights are out. She has no control over her huge, muscular frame.

It takes four vets to catch the showjumper's half-ton bulk and lower her gently to the floor of the padded room.

She lies dead-eyed — spread out and helpless, her tongue lolling and her breathing heavy and laboured.

Totally under.

The seven-year-old has just been injected with ketamine — the horse tranquilliser being used by hundreds of thousands of Brits to get a high.

But if it can put an 80st beast spark out this dramatically, what can it do to a human drug user?

Yesterday The Sun reported a huge surge in the number of people snorting or injecting the Class C drug — up from 100,000 to 300,000 in the past five years.

Ex-porn actress upsets US parents

LETTING go of the past is never easy, especially if you're an ex-porn actress.

Just ask Sasha Grey, 23, who sparked outrage when she read to first and third-grade children at a Compton, California elementary school last week, reported AP on Saturday

She was participating in the Read Across America program in California.

But her good deed was condemned by parents who have filed complaints with the Parent-Teacher Association.

KTLA-TV quoted parents questioning whether it was appropriate to have Grey at the school.

Tsu Koon's 'empty bullet': Decision not to contest in GE-13 is no sacrifice at all

Gerakan president Koh Tsu Koon should stop posturing and trying to make himself a hero for his "ultimate sacrifice" when there was no such thing. In fact, Tsu Koon has only proven that he was every bit the political coward he has been accused of being, said PKR leaders, referring to his announcement that he would not contest a seat in the next general elections but would however stay on as president of Gerakan.

"Whether or not it is a sacrifice depends on whether Koh could have a chance to win in the first place. Even the Umno leaders have insinuated through Utusan the chances for Koh to win anywhere would be tough. They want him to step down as Gerakan president before the GE-13, so this is his compromise solution," PKR vice president Chua Jui Meng toldMalaysia Chronicle.

Cow condo' scandal: Police deny knowledge of report from MACC

Tan Sri Ismail Omar today deflected questions on the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) “cattle condo” scandal, saying he has yet to receive any report from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

“So far, I’ve not received anything yet,” he said when pushed for an answer by a group of reporters who accosted him as he was leaving the Selangor police contingent’s Deepavali celebration here this afternoon.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) initially appeared surprised when asked to comment and pointed out that the matter was a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) case.

NFC confirms buying not one but two luxury condos

Dogged by claims of irregularity, the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) finally broke its silence today to defend its purchase of multi-million luxury condominum units in Bangsar as a “good business decision”.

In a press briefing opened to selected mainstream media organisations, its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh reasoned that the investment had helped yield better returns for the NFC project compared to keeping the money in a bank.

It was also revealed then that the NFC owns two units at the upmarket condominium, as opposed to one as previously reported.

Cow condo scandal: To laugh or cry for Malaysia?

HELLO Malaysians! I really don’t know to laugh or cry for Malaysia over the report 'Cow condo' scandal: Police deny knowledge of report from MACC.

Not only Barisan Nasional politicians and leaders are behaving like cows, top professional civil servants from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the police have become eunuch donkeys.

They are eunuchs because they have clearly lost their balls to investigate corruption cases involving BN politicians. However, when there is an iota of chance to harass non-BN politicians, even when there is no police report lodged, they behave like they have taken Viagra.

Arroyo attempts to seek treatment in S'pore

Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will leave Thursday for Singapore to see an endocrinologist, her spokesperson said Wednesday.

Arroyo, now a representative of Pampanga, postponed her trip planned for Wednesday because her "elevated" blood pressure, purportedly brought about by the refusal of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to allow her and her party to leave for abroad on Tuesday night, "has not normalized yet up to this time," Elena Bautista-Horn said.

According to Horn, Arroyo and her party will fly out Thursday for a scheduled checkup at 12:15 p.m. with an endocrinologist in Singapore.

She said Arroyo would be accompanied by her husband, Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo, a nurse, a close-in aide, and two members of the couple's respective staffs.

Doctors pull 28 nails from Indonesian girl's body

MAKASSAR, Indonesia, Nov 16, 2011 (AFP) - Doctors in eastern Indonesia have removed the last of 28 nails found embedded in a three-year-old girl's legs and back in a horrific case some residents and officials blamed on witchcraft.

Doctors in Makassar on Sulawesi island had already removed more than two dozen 10-centimetre (four-inch) rusty nails, broken syringe needles and aluminium rods from the girl's legs before removing a nail lodged dangerously close to the her spine Tuesday.

Woman gives beggar 'kiss of life': Stunt or rescue?

Netizens are questioning a young woman's intents after she applied cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an unconscious grubby-looking man in China.

Chinese web users are now in a heated discussion as to whether she was really selfless or staged the whole scene to gain fame.

The incident occurred when a man who looked like a beggar suddenly 'fainted' in front of a building in Tongzhou district, Beijing, reported the Orient Today newspaper yesterday.

Woman pleads guilty to sex with dad

A woman who had sex with her father pleaded guilty to incest on Wednesday, nine months after he was sentenced to jail.

She is the first woman in Singapore to have been charged with incest, in what is believed to be the first consensual case prosecuted on the island republic.

Neither father nor daughter can be named because of a gag order granted to the defence.

The 24-year-old woman was first charged early last year with permitting her 46-year-old father to have sex with her in the master bedroom of their flat in Serangoon in April 2008.

Benetton kisses ad goodbye

Altar-ed ... faked snap of the Pope kissing Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb
has sparked fury in the Vatican

A POSTER campaign showing a fake snap of the Pope kissing an Egyptian imam has been axed after sparking fury in the Vatican.

The advert, made for clothing firm Benetton's Unhate campaign, showed Benedict XVI puckering up to Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb of Cairo's Al-Azhar institute.

Daft shopper's walk of shame

Escalator fail ... New York shopper heads the wrong way up an escalator

THE only way is up for this daft woman - as she battles determinedly to the top of an escalator going the WRONG way.

The unidentified blonde caused hoots of laughter - and a surge of traffic on YouTube - with her department store antics.

Sexy students horse around

Riders strip for raunchy charity calendar

Mane attraction ... cheeky blonde poses with horse

THESE raunchy riders have been snapped with NEIGH clothes on for a new charity calendar.

The students from Leeds University's Equestrian Society braved temperatures as low as three degrees for the saucy photoshoot.

Wearing just their underwear, the girls are pictured riding horses BARE-back, nestled in straw or sitting in a row on a gate.

‘Lofty-living Najib has forgotten us…’

Pekan's senior citizens see Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as a man who 'will never understand what it means to stand up for what he believes in'.

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s Pekan parliamentary constituency is picturesquesly located on the banks of the Pahang River, some 50km south of Kuantan. Pekan is Pahang’s royal town and although its name is derived from a flower, the Bunga Pekan, the floral analogies end here. There is a sense of loss and loneliness not dissimilar to a feeling of malaise lethargy.

“There is nothing much to do here..” said 49-year-old Johari Mat she, stiffling a yawn.

On a balmy dusty afternoon like this one, Pekan does somewhat elicit regular yawns that leaves an odd earthy taste in the mouth.

“I have heard from KL people like you that Pekan has seen a lot of change in the last 10 years or so. I always ask them back, ‘Where (is the change)?’” asked Johari.

Evidence in ‘MACC robbers’ case missing

One month after three senior Malaysian Anti-Corruption Comission officers were charged with a robbery involving close to RM1 million in KLIA, police found that evidence has gone missing.

Police have lost evidence related to the high-profile robbery case where three Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers have been charged.

An official police statement released late last night confirmed that RM11,700 and a wallet have gone missing from Menara 2 of the Selangor police headquarters in Shah Alam. It was learnt that the wallet also contained an MACC identification card and a credit card.

Ex-politician charged with having sex with child

A former Australian politician has pleaded not guilty to having sex with a 12-year-old girl prostituted by her own mother.

Terry Martin, an ex-politician in Tasmania, pleaded not guilty to three charges relating to an alleged incident from September, 2009, The Mercury  reported.

Martin is alleged to have met the child at his home and is charged with having sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 17.

He's also charged with indecent assault of a person under 17, and one charge of producing child exploitation material.

MACC rapped for refusing to take action in NFC saga

PAS central committee member Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the inaction on the part of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) over recent revelations of mismanagement of government money by the embattled National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) had only confirmed its double standards.

“Why until today there has been no action from MACC? If this issue were related to PR, an immediate investigation would have been launched,” lamented Dzulkefly.

No one stops young boy from buying 4D at S'pore Pools outlet

Boy buys 4D at S'pore Pools outlet but no one stops him 

STOMPer Neo saw a boy apparently queuing up to buy 4D at a Singapore Pools outlet in the Jalan Besar area. The boy was also reportedly checking the odds for football betting and buying scratch-and-win tickets from a machine, without anyone stopping him.

STOMP understands that betting tickets cannot be sold to persons under the age of 18.

The STOMPer said:

"This young boy, obviously under 18, was at the Singapore Pools outlet at King George's Avenue.

"He used the computer to check the odds for football betting for 15 minutes, bought scratch-and-win tickets at a machine and even joined the line to buy 4D.

"No one stopped him."

Famous people with eating disorders

Glossy magazines,the right angles, air-brushing and careful lighting sometimes give celebrities the image that they live in a picture-perfect, wrinkle-free, not-an-inch-more world of perfection.

The result can wreak havoc on the self-esteem of women of average proportions, who may begin to wonder if there is something seriously wrong with their physical appearances because they do not possess a size zero body, perfectly straight and white teeth, glossy sleek hair and flawless skin.

Famous personalities such as Calista Flockhart, Kate Beckingsale, Kelly Clarkson and even Princess Diana have admitted they have has eating disorders before.

Malaysia 15th largest trade partner with Israel

The Barisan Nasional government's secret trade ties with the Zionist regime in Tel Aviv have come under renewed scrutiny with the revelation of a new document by a DAP member of parliament.

Citing a report on Europe-Israel trade ties published by the EU's European Commission of Trade on June 8, 2011, Bakri MP Er Teck Hwa revealed that the report placed Malaysia at the 24th spot in a list of 50 countries in their value of import trades with Israel. It also placed the country at the 11th position for export and an overall 15th for trade with Israel.

The revelation of this document clearly shows we have trade ties with Zionist Israel,” said Er in a statement to Harakahdaily, which includes snapshots of a customs-registered document bearing the serial number W20204004087.

Anwar slams police for Datuk T rehash: What about murderers and cattle thieves?

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim slammed Prime Minister Najib Razak for focusing on gutter politics when "other criminals, like murderers and cattle stealers... they are safe.”

The 64-year-old de-facto head of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition - rated to have a good chance of toppling the BN's 5-decade grip on power - did not specify who he meant.

However, it was clear to those following the Malaysian scene that he was talking about the notorious and still unresolved Altantuya murder in which Najib is alleged to have been involved.

You'll never guess how old she really is

You'll never guess how old this woman really is.

Meet Ms Masako Mizutani, a 43-year-old Japanese woman who looks like she's in her 20s. According to online sources, Ms Masako was born in 1968 and is a mother of two children.

She has become the idol of middle-aged women in Japan and is also a model for a magazine. She reportedly spends up to five hours a day on maintaining her skin.

Jennifer Lopez is sex mad, says toyboy lover

Loved-up ... Jennifer Lopez with dancer Casper Smart

THE toyboy lover of Jennifer Lopez claims the 42-year-old has an insatiable appetite for sex.

Casper Smart, 24, says singer J-Lo has the body of a woman half her age — and is not afraid to use it.

Dancer Casper started working on singer Jen's world tour six months ago, but in recent weeks the pair have been getting to know each other on a series of dates.

They have been spotted partying in Las Vegas and leaving hotels after nights together.

A pal of the dancer said: "Casper said J-Lo has an amazing body and she's in better shape than any other girl he's ever been with.

"He said she's got the body of a 20-year-old. They're inseparable right now.

"It's just about sex — and no one's sure if it has much of a future. But he's having a good time finding out."

A source close to J-Lo confirmed their relationship has developed into "a fun fling", adding: "They're dating and having a good time."

In great shape ... J-Lo