1.   In Africa, AIDS is spread primarily through heterosexual relations, and a growing number of observers believe that sexual behavior is at the root of the epidemic there.

2.   But officials are concerned about the spread of HIV from drug users to the general population through heterosexual relations.

3.   Lesbianism is taboo in conservative India and lesbians rarely express their sexual preferences even while they are forced into marriages and heterosexual relations.

4.   The Army does not prohibit heterosexual relations among consenting single soldiers, the newspaper said.

5.   In the western county of Oxfordshire, three men showed symptoms of the venereal disease within six months after having engaged in heterosexual relations in Russia and Poland.

6.   Circumcised men tend to masturbate more and practice fellatio in heterosexual relations, the study adds.

7.   The statement said the action plan condoned abortion, homosexuality and premarital heterosexual relations, all of which were contrary to Islamic principles.