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Woman, 85, Left in Vault at Swiss Bank

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ZURICH, Switzerland - An 85-year-old woman was found in the vault of a Swiss bank when she set off motion detectors hours after the bank was already closed, according to a statement released Wednesday.

Employees at the Zuercher Kantonalbank apparently forgot about the woman.

The director of the bank's safe allowed the woman into the vault on Monday before closing it punctually at 4:30 p.m. local time _ with the woman still deep in study of her documents, ZKB said.

She remained so still that she initially failed to activate either the motion detector or the attached camera, the bank said in confirming a report that appeared in the Zurich-based daily "Tages-Anzeiger."

She was freed from the room four hours after the vault was closed.

The bank gave the woman a bouquet of flowers for suffering from the ordeal and said it would decide on further nonfinancial compensation.

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http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/08/09/452081.html

 
Japan Tops 30,000 Suicides for Seventh Straight Year

Suicides top 30,000 for seventh year

Suicides topped 30,000 for the seventh straight year in 2004, with men accounting for more than two-thirds of the number, according to a report released by the National Police Agency on June 2.

2004 saw 32,325 people commit *******, down 2,102, or 6.1 percent, from 2003, when the all-time high of 34,427 suicides was recorded, the report says.

Of the total, men accounted for more than 70 percent of the suicides, at 23,272. Suicides involving people aged 40 or older numbered 23,868.

The report says 47.8 percent of the people who killed themselves were unemployed, and nearly 8,000 are believed to have killed themselves over financial or livelihood difficulties.

The number who committed ******* with others they got to know through the Internet increased by 21 from the previous year to 55 in 2004.

Health problems were seen as the most common reason behind the suicides this year, accounting for 14,786, or 45.7 percent, of the victims, followed by financial and livelihood difficulties, with 7,947, or 24.6 percent. Family troubles came next with 2,992, or 9.3 percent of the victims, according to the NPA.

Regarding presumed causes of ******* among men in their 40s and 50s, financial or livelihood difficulties topped the list, the report says.

linky...

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/weekly/news/nn2005/nn20050611a5.htm

 
Dog Meat Popular With N. Korean Women

SEOUL, South Korea - Dog meat is increasingly popular among women in North Korea because the traditional Korean delicacy is believed to be good for the skin, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper in Japan reported Wednesday.

Dog meat has long been regarded as a stamina food in both Koreas, widely consumed on hot summer days in particular.

North Korea is believed to have a greater variety of dishes with dog meat, known in the North as "sweet meat." South Korean gourmets who have tried the delicacy in the North, say Northern dishes taste better.

"Sweet meat has various vitamins, including Vitamin A and B and is good for digestion problems and fatigue," the Choson Sinbo newspaper said on its Web site seen in Seoul.

The paper quoted a cook at a dog meat restaurant in the North's capital, Pyongyang, as saying an increasing number of women are visiting the restaurant.

"Customers get convinced about the efficacy of sweet meat when they see the skin of our employees and cooks," the paper quoted the chef, Ryu Jong Mok, 47, as saying.

The paper said Ryu also has "resilient and fine" skin.

Dog meat is also widely consumed in South Korea, especially among middle-aged men on belief that it's good for stamina and virility. But women in the South are usually less willing to try the food.

Earlier this week, a poll showed that more than 35 percent of South Korean dog owners also eat dog soup.

Dog meat is also eaten in some other Asian countries, including China, Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos.

Activists regularly criticize the practice and call for bans on eating dog meat.

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http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/08/09/452075.html

 
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