Man Fatally Bitten by Sexually Aroused Horse
WARSAW (Reuters) - A sexually excited stallion bit a Polish man to death when he tried to calm the beast, which had become uncontrollably aroused by a nearby mare, police said.
"The 24-year-old man, identified as Robert R., was bitten when he tried to calm his horse, which had become unsettled by the presence of a mare in the vicinity," a duty officer in the Baltic port of Szczecin told Reuters.
The horse went wild and began straining and bucking while pulling a farm cart through the village.
An autopsy would determine whether the direct cause of death was a severed jugular vein or damaged spine, the officer added.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A conman took advantage of his resemblance to Sun Yat-sen, father of the revolution that toppled China's last emperor in 1911, to dupe a few patriotic old people out of their money, officials said on Monday.
Wang Jiancheng, 61, posed as Sun despite the fact the former Chinese president and national hero would be more than 130 years old today, according to a statement from the Beijing Chaoyang District government.
As Sun, Wang claimed to have been living abroad "instead of having died in 1925 as the history books state," media said.
Wang and accomplice Chen Meiying, who claimed to be Sun's faithful servant of decades, convinced six men all over 80 to contribute a total of $29,000 to finance a "national investment project," the government said.
It did not say when the scam took place but the lenders were told their money would be returned within three months.
Wang and Chen were detained while attempting another scam on March 10, the district government said.
"The public security bureau is investigating the case," said an official from the Beijing Public Security Bureau, who declined to be identified.
Sun, who died in 1925, is a hero in China despite being the former leader of the Kuomintang, or Nationalist Party, defeated by the Communists in 1949.
His portrait was displayed in the middle of Beijing's Tiananmen Square last week to coincide with China's May Day holiday.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A conman took advantage of his resemblance to Sun Yat-sen, father of the revolution that toppled China's last emperor in 1911, to dupe a few patriotic old people out of their money, officials said on Monday.
Wang Jiancheng, 61, posed as Sun despite the fact the former Chinese president and national hero would be more than 130 years old today, according to a statement from the Beijing Chaoyang District government.
As Sun, Wang claimed to have been living abroad "instead of having died in 1925 as the history books state," media said.
Wang and accomplice Chen Meiying, who claimed to be Sun's faithful servant of decades, convinced six men all over 80 to contribute a total of $29,000 to finance a "national investment project," the government said.
It did not say when the scam took place but the lenders were told their money would be returned within three months.
Wang and Chen were detained while attempting another scam on March 10, the district government said.
"The public security bureau is investigating the case," said an official from the Beijing Public Security Bureau, who declined to be identified.
Sun, who died in 1925, is a hero in China despite being the former leader of the Kuomintang, or Nationalist Party, defeated by the Communists in 1949.
His portrait was displayed in the middle of Beijing's Tiananmen Square last week to coincide with China's May Day holiday.
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You got that right.
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Fugitive Who Faked Suicide Is Found Alive
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Tennessee man who faked his suicide 13 years ago to avoid fraud and burglary charges has been found alive and well in California, a law enforcement official said on Thursday.
Mark Paisley, now 34, left a suicide note in his car parked by the Delaware River near Philadelphia in 1991 after being sought for credit card fraud in Pennsylvania and burglary in Tennessee, said Pennsylvania State Trooper Glenn Blue.
Because no body was ever found, Blue, who works for the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, said he always suspected Paisley had not killed himself. As a result, he made periodic checks on the case over the last three years and found Paisley's brother, Joseph, was living in Tennessee.
After initially suspecting Joseph was the fugitive, Blue discovered another Joseph Paisley living in San Francisco. The man turned out to be Mark Paisley using his brother's name.
Mark had been arrested in California on minor fraud and theft charges, Blue said, and was arrested again as a fugitive earlier this week, when he admitted his true identity.
Paisley is expected to be returned to Pennsylvania within the next 30 days and will face the original charges plus one of flight to avoid prosecution.
Blue cases where fugitives are caught after living under an alias happen once or twice a year, but the Paisley case -- with its faked suicide -- was special.
"It is unusual for it to be quite this elaborate," he told Reuters.
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Tennessee man who faked his suicide 13 years ago to avoid fraud and burglary charges has been found alive and well in California, a law enforcement official said on Thursday.
Mark Paisley, now 34, left a suicide note in his car parked by the Delaware River near Philadelphia in 1991 after being sought for credit card fraud in Pennsylvania and burglary in Tennessee, said Pennsylvania State Trooper Glenn Blue.
Because no body was ever found, Blue, who works for the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, said he always suspected Paisley had not killed himself. As a result, he made periodic checks on the case over the last three years and found Paisley's brother, Joseph, was living in Tennessee.
After initially suspecting Joseph was the fugitive, Blue discovered another Joseph Paisley living in San Francisco. The man turned out to be Mark Paisley using his brother's name.
Mark had been arrested in California on minor fraud and theft charges, Blue said, and was arrested again as a fugitive earlier this week, when he admitted his true identity.
Paisley is expected to be returned to Pennsylvania within the next 30 days and will face the original charges plus one of flight to avoid prosecution.
Blue cases where fugitives are caught after living under an alias happen once or twice a year, but the Paisley case -- with its faked suicide -- was special.
"It is unusual for it to be quite this elaborate," he told Reuters.
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Swede in Hot Water for Towing Russian Submarine
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish captain has landed in hot legal water, twice, for towing a Russian submarine, now used as a museum attraction.
Captain Stig Martin Sjoberg -- whose surname means sea mountain -- was intercepted by the Swedish coast guard while towing the 75 meter (250 ft ) 1950s "Whiskey Class" Soviet sub in the Kalmar strait off the east coast of Sweden.
Sjoberg, 48, ran afoul of Swedish maritime regulations which state that anything more than 70 meters long must be towed under the supervision of qualified pilot.
"The coast guard was on patrol and obviously when you see a tug boat towing a Russian submarine you would want to investigate it," said prosecutor Mats Ericsson said.
In its prime the 1,005 ton diesel electric sub could dive to 200 meters, travel 14 knots submerged and had six torpedo tubes. Its sister vessel U-137 is well known in Sweden: in 1981 she ran aground outside the Swedish naval base in Karlskrona.
The sub is now moored, awaiting sale with a 250,000 euros price tag ($295,500), said ship broker Magnus Wadell.
There is, however, no happy end for Sjoberg. The coast guard caught him again towing the submarine -- whose engines no longer function -- and he will be charged a second time. ($1=.8459 Euro)
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish captain has landed in hot legal water, twice, for towing a Russian submarine, now used as a museum attraction.
Captain Stig Martin Sjoberg -- whose surname means sea mountain -- was intercepted by the Swedish coast guard while towing the 75 meter (250 ft ) 1950s "Whiskey Class" Soviet sub in the Kalmar strait off the east coast of Sweden.
Sjoberg, 48, ran afoul of Swedish maritime regulations which state that anything more than 70 meters long must be towed under the supervision of qualified pilot.
"The coast guard was on patrol and obviously when you see a tug boat towing a Russian submarine you would want to investigate it," said prosecutor Mats Ericsson said.
In its prime the 1,005 ton diesel electric sub could dive to 200 meters, travel 14 knots submerged and had six torpedo tubes. Its sister vessel U-137 is well known in Sweden: in 1981 she ran aground outside the Swedish naval base in Karlskrona.
The sub is now moored, awaiting sale with a 250,000 euros price tag ($295,500), said ship broker Magnus Wadell.
There is, however, no happy end for Sjoberg. The coast guard caught him again towing the submarine -- whose engines no longer function -- and he will be charged a second time. ($1=.8459 Euro)
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Lewis and Clark's List: Opium and 'Portable Soup'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Before the going got tough, the tough went shopping: opium, inkstands, sealing wax and "portable soup" were all on the list of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who launched an epic journey into the unknown American West exactly 200 years ago.
To mark Friday's anniversary, the National Archives offered a glimpse of documents that shed light on the careful planning and provisioning for the Lewis and Clark expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific and back.
"We were now about to penetrate a country of at least 2,000 miles in width, on which the foot of civilized man had never trodden," Lewis wrote in his diary when they had been traveling nearly a year.
"The good or evil it had in store for us was for experiment yet to determine, and these little vessels contained every article by which we were to expect to subsist or defend ourselves."
The explorers had some high-ranking help, according to archives curator Stacey Bredhoff: President Thomas Jefferson was intimately involved in deciding what to take on the 8,000-mile, 28-month trip.
Jefferson signed the Louisiana Purchase treaty in 1803, in which France sold the United States 828,000 square miles of territory. On May 14, 1804, Lewis, Clark and 31 other men launched three small vessels into the Missouri River to investigate the new lands.
They were meant to hunt, fish, forage and trade for supplies along the way, but sensibly bought $1,000 worth of provisions on a shopping trip in Philadelphia, the hub of U.S. commerce at that time.
One receipt shows the purchase of 193 pounds (88kg) of "portable soup," which Bredhoff said was a paste made of boiled-down beef and cow's hooves, eggs and vegetables.
"It was not popular, not at all," she said. "The only time they consumed it was during the real starvation times, particularly when they were going through the Bitterroot Mountains (along what is now the Idaho-Montana border) in September 1805."
They apparently returned to St. Louis with plenty of portable soup left over, Bredhoff said.
At a Philadelphia apothecary called Gillaspy and Strong, Lewis bought $90.69 worth of medicines and medical instruments. The receipt for this order shows a vast array of compounds for pain and sickness.
Opium and laudanum were among the painkillers, but many of the items on the pharmaceutical list were bleeding or purging agents. The list notes 50 dozen bilious pills -- also known as thunder-clappers -- that were powerful purgatives.
Another list showed items for more general use, especially those used to make a record of the travels.
On this listing, there were eight receipt books, 48 pieces of tape, six brass inkstands, ink powder, sealing wax, 100 quills and one packing hogshead to put it all in.
There were also eight tents, 45 bags and 10 yards of linen.
"It was a military expedition, so the records here are military records," Bredhoff said. "Its purpose was not to make war. It was not to claim land. It was to find a route to the Pacific Ocean, to befriend the western tribes of Indians and to return safely with detailed reports on the geography, geology, astronomy and zoology, botany and climate of the West."
The explorers returned to St. Louis on Sept. 23, 1806. Only one death was recorded among the 33 men who started out and historians believe the cause was appendicitis, Bredhoff said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Before the going got tough, the tough went shopping: opium, inkstands, sealing wax and "portable soup" were all on the list of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who launched an epic journey into the unknown American West exactly 200 years ago.
To mark Friday's anniversary, the National Archives offered a glimpse of documents that shed light on the careful planning and provisioning for the Lewis and Clark expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific and back.
"We were now about to penetrate a country of at least 2,000 miles in width, on which the foot of civilized man had never trodden," Lewis wrote in his diary when they had been traveling nearly a year.
"The good or evil it had in store for us was for experiment yet to determine, and these little vessels contained every article by which we were to expect to subsist or defend ourselves."
The explorers had some high-ranking help, according to archives curator Stacey Bredhoff: President Thomas Jefferson was intimately involved in deciding what to take on the 8,000-mile, 28-month trip.
Jefferson signed the Louisiana Purchase treaty in 1803, in which France sold the United States 828,000 square miles of territory. On May 14, 1804, Lewis, Clark and 31 other men launched three small vessels into the Missouri River to investigate the new lands.
They were meant to hunt, fish, forage and trade for supplies along the way, but sensibly bought $1,000 worth of provisions on a shopping trip in Philadelphia, the hub of U.S. commerce at that time.
One receipt shows the purchase of 193 pounds (88kg) of "portable soup," which Bredhoff said was a paste made of boiled-down beef and cow's hooves, eggs and vegetables.
"It was not popular, not at all," she said. "The only time they consumed it was during the real starvation times, particularly when they were going through the Bitterroot Mountains (along what is now the Idaho-Montana border) in September 1805."
They apparently returned to St. Louis with plenty of portable soup left over, Bredhoff said.
At a Philadelphia apothecary called Gillaspy and Strong, Lewis bought $90.69 worth of medicines and medical instruments. The receipt for this order shows a vast array of compounds for pain and sickness.
Opium and laudanum were among the painkillers, but many of the items on the pharmaceutical list were bleeding or purging agents. The list notes 50 dozen bilious pills -- also known as thunder-clappers -- that were powerful purgatives.
Another list showed items for more general use, especially those used to make a record of the travels.
On this listing, there were eight receipt books, 48 pieces of tape, six brass inkstands, ink powder, sealing wax, 100 quills and one packing hogshead to put it all in.
There were also eight tents, 45 bags and 10 yards of linen.
"It was a military expedition, so the records here are military records," Bredhoff said. "Its purpose was not to make war. It was not to claim land. It was to find a route to the Pacific Ocean, to befriend the western tribes of Indians and to return safely with detailed reports on the geography, geology, astronomy and zoology, botany and climate of the West."
The explorers returned to St. Louis on Sept. 23, 1806. Only one death was recorded among the 33 men who started out and historians believe the cause was appendicitis, Bredhoff said.
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Man Jailed for stuff After Cellphone Pictures
TORONTO (Reuters) - A man who used a cellphone to take nude pictures of his girlfriend and then posted them on the Internet has been jailed for distributing child pornography in what officials say is Canada's first criminal conviction involving camera phones.
Police and court officials said on Thursday that Matthew Kalijarvi, 20, had pleaded guilty in Sudbury, Ontario, to possessing, manufacturing and distributing child pornography -- his girlfriend was 17 -- and to other charges involving the use of illicitly obtained photographs.
He was jailed for six months, and will be banned from using a cellphone or computer for two years after he is released.
"We want to deter the public -- people who might be thinking of doing this type of thing -- from committing these types of crimes," said Assistant Crown Attorney Karen Lische.
"He was obviously very adept at computers and he would have had a bright future ahead of him had he not chosen to use his talent this way."
TORONTO (Reuters) - A man who used a cellphone to take nude pictures of his girlfriend and then posted them on the Internet has been jailed for distributing child pornography in what officials say is Canada's first criminal conviction involving camera phones.
Police and court officials said on Thursday that Matthew Kalijarvi, 20, had pleaded guilty in Sudbury, Ontario, to possessing, manufacturing and distributing child pornography -- his girlfriend was 17 -- and to other charges involving the use of illicitly obtained photographs.
He was jailed for six months, and will be banned from using a cellphone or computer for two years after he is released.
"We want to deter the public -- people who might be thinking of doing this type of thing -- from committing these types of crimes," said Assistant Crown Attorney Karen Lische.
"He was obviously very adept at computers and he would have had a bright future ahead of him had he not chosen to use his talent this way."
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Fear of Idolatry Sparks Wig Ban
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An ultraorthodox Jewish sage has issued a ritual ban against natural hair wigs from India, saying they may have been made from tresses shorn from women during Hindu ceremonies, Israeli newspapers reported on Friday.
Many Orthodox Jewish women, who adhere to rules of modesty by allowing only their husbands to see their natural hair, responded to the ruling by switching to synthetic wigs or hats, the Yedioth Ahronoth and Haaretz dailies reported.
The edict, issued by the spiritual leader of an ultraorthodox sect, said some hair in wigs sold in Israel may have come from women who took part in Hindu haircutting ceremonies, which was tantamount to idol worship.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An ultraorthodox Jewish sage has issued a ritual ban against natural hair wigs from India, saying they may have been made from tresses shorn from women during Hindu ceremonies, Israeli newspapers reported on Friday.
Many Orthodox Jewish women, who adhere to rules of modesty by allowing only their husbands to see their natural hair, responded to the ruling by switching to synthetic wigs or hats, the Yedioth Ahronoth and Haaretz dailies reported.
The edict, issued by the spiritual leader of an ultraorthodox sect, said some hair in wigs sold in Israel may have come from women who took part in Hindu haircutting ceremonies, which was tantamount to idol worship.
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Frogman Living in Bog Arrested for Arson
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German frogman who lives on a swampy island and wears a combat-style diving suit and black face paint has been arrested for suspected arson attacks on two yachts, Berlin police said on Friday.
Authorities found the man's camp, equipment and a boat with a silencer on its engine after a tip-off from a forester.
"He wore combat-style aquanaut camouflage and launched his attacks from a swampy island," wrote Bild newspaper on Friday.
Police believe the man, 36, abandoned his flat in eastern Berlin in March to live in a tent on the boggy island in a lake south of the city.
A judge issued an arrest warrant after the two yachts were destroyed by fire, causing an estimated $118,000 in damage. He had already been arrested in March for breaking and entering a pleasure boat.
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German frogman who lives on a swampy island and wears a combat-style diving suit and black face paint has been arrested for suspected arson attacks on two yachts, Berlin police said on Friday.
Authorities found the man's camp, equipment and a boat with a silencer on its engine after a tip-off from a forester.
"He wore combat-style aquanaut camouflage and launched his attacks from a swampy island," wrote Bild newspaper on Friday.
Police believe the man, 36, abandoned his flat in eastern Berlin in March to live in a tent on the boggy island in a lake south of the city.
A judge issued an arrest warrant after the two yachts were destroyed by fire, causing an estimated $118,000 in damage. He had already been arrested in March for breaking and entering a pleasure boat.
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Slippery Grease Bandits Make Slick Getaway
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma police are looking for grease bandits who made off with 5,000 pounds (2268 kg) of used cooking oil and grease from three restaurants.
Police in Edmond, north of Oklahoma City, said on Thursday the grease bandits have hit an area of Mexican, Chinese and steak restaurants over the past three months.
The robbers took the used cooking grease that was stored in large cylinders in back of the restaurants.
The restaurants were planning to sell the grease to a recycling company and the total value of the stolen goods was about $380.
Glynda Chu, a spokeswoman for the Edmond police said the bandits had a good idea of how to get money in the used grease market, but she thinks it odd that anyone would put so much effort into making off with so much cooking byproduct.
"It would be a big chore to haul that smelly stuff away," Chu said. "They did, however, make a slick getaway."
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma police are looking for grease bandits who made off with 5,000 pounds (2268 kg) of used cooking oil and grease from three restaurants.
Police in Edmond, north of Oklahoma City, said on Thursday the grease bandits have hit an area of Mexican, Chinese and steak restaurants over the past three months.
The robbers took the used cooking grease that was stored in large cylinders in back of the restaurants.
The restaurants were planning to sell the grease to a recycling company and the total value of the stolen goods was about $380.
Glynda Chu, a spokeswoman for the Edmond police said the bandits had a good idea of how to get money in the used grease market, but she thinks it odd that anyone would put so much effort into making off with so much cooking byproduct.
"It would be a big chore to haul that smelly stuff away," Chu said. "They did, however, make a slick getaway."
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The Cops Are Chasing Me in a WHAT?
ROME (Reuters) - If you are thinking about speeding on Italian highways this year, think twice. You might find yourself being chased by a Lamborghini.
Italian police took possession Friday of a sleek, 500 horsepower, two-seater Lamborghini Gallardo, which can hit a top speed of 185 miles per hour.
The sports car, painted in the police's distinctive blue and white colors, comes complete with a flashing blue light on the roof and will initially patrol the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway -- a road notorious in Italy for wild driving.
The Lamborghini will also be used to transport human organs for emergency operations.
ROME (Reuters) - If you are thinking about speeding on Italian highways this year, think twice. You might find yourself being chased by a Lamborghini.
Italian police took possession Friday of a sleek, 500 horsepower, two-seater Lamborghini Gallardo, which can hit a top speed of 185 miles per hour.
The sports car, painted in the police's distinctive blue and white colors, comes complete with a flashing blue light on the roof and will initially patrol the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway -- a road notorious in Italy for wild driving.
The Lamborghini will also be used to transport human organs for emergency operations.
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tropicalweatherwatcher wrote:The Cops Are Chasing Me in a WHAT?
ROME (Reuters) - If you are thinking about speeding on Italian highways this year, think twice. You might find yourself being chased by a Lamborghini.
Italian police took possession Friday of a sleek, 500 horsepower, two-seater Lamborghini Gallardo, which can hit a top speed of 185 miles per hour.
The sports car, painted in the police's distinctive blue and white colors, comes complete with a flashing blue light on the roof and will initially patrol the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway -- a road notorious in Italy for wild driving.
The Lamborghini will also be used to transport human organs for emergency operations.
Hey, see if they could send some of those down here!
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Slippery Grease Bandits Make Slick Getaway
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma police are looking for grease bandits who made off with 5,000 pounds (2268 kg) of used cooking oil and grease from three restaurants.
Police in Edmond, north of Oklahoma City, said on Thursday the grease bandits have hit an area of Mexican, Chinese and steak restaurants over the past three months.
The robbers took the used cooking grease that was stored in large cylinders in back of the restaurants.
The restaurants were planning to sell the grease to a recycling company and the total value of the stolen goods was about $380.
Glynda Chu, a spokeswoman for the Edmond police said the bandits had a good idea of how to get money in the used grease market, but she thinks it odd that anyone would put so much effort into making off with so much cooking byproduct.
"It would be a big chore to haul that smelly stuff away," Chu said. "They did, however, make a slick getaway."
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma police are looking for grease bandits who made off with 5,000 pounds (2268 kg) of used cooking oil and grease from three restaurants.
Police in Edmond, north of Oklahoma City, said on Thursday the grease bandits have hit an area of Mexican, Chinese and steak restaurants over the past three months.
The robbers took the used cooking grease that was stored in large cylinders in back of the restaurants.
The restaurants were planning to sell the grease to a recycling company and the total value of the stolen goods was about $380.
Glynda Chu, a spokeswoman for the Edmond police said the bandits had a good idea of how to get money in the used grease market, but she thinks it odd that anyone would put so much effort into making off with so much cooking byproduct.
"It would be a big chore to haul that smelly stuff away," Chu said. "They did, however, make a slick getaway."
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Seeking the Wisdom of Ancients
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese government advisory panel has turned to ancient history for inspiration in its struggle with the thorny issue of how to reform the country's tax system.
Members of the panel, which reports directly to the prime minister, recently heard from experts on population change in the Jomon period, from around 10,000 BC to 300 BC, and during the Tokugawa Shogunate, which ruled Japan from AD 1600 to 1868.
"The lectures were background information to help members understand population change," said an official at the Finance Ministry's tax research section, which handles the panel's administrative affairs.
"It's not information the panel will directly use," he added testily, keen to avoid questions after Japanese newspapers had lampooned the panel for wasting time on the past.
Whether necessary debate or a waste of public money, the issue highlights the painfully slow progress in reforming Japan's outdated and inefficient tax system -- the key to the nation's financial health.
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese government advisory panel has turned to ancient history for inspiration in its struggle with the thorny issue of how to reform the country's tax system.
Members of the panel, which reports directly to the prime minister, recently heard from experts on population change in the Jomon period, from around 10,000 BC to 300 BC, and during the Tokugawa Shogunate, which ruled Japan from AD 1600 to 1868.
"The lectures were background information to help members understand population change," said an official at the Finance Ministry's tax research section, which handles the panel's administrative affairs.
"It's not information the panel will directly use," he added testily, keen to avoid questions after Japanese newspapers had lampooned the panel for wasting time on the past.
Whether necessary debate or a waste of public money, the issue highlights the painfully slow progress in reforming Japan's outdated and inefficient tax system -- the key to the nation's financial health.
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DJs Ousted for Mocking Beheading
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two Portland, Oregon, DJs were fired for making jokes as they aired a recording of American Nick Berg's beheading in Iraq, station management said, calling their actions "beyond comprehension."
The DJs, named only by their on-air personas "Marconi" and "Tiny," and their producer were fired from their morning show on Thursday after the pair laughed and played background music while repeatedly airing Berg's screams as militant Islamists decapitated him.
"This was way over the line, insensitive and repulsive, by anyone's measure," said Clark Ryan, vice president for FM operations of Entercom Communications Corp. in Portland, where the network runs five FM stations.
Ryan said the station received numerous complaints from "appalled" listeners.
Marconi apologized on Friday in an audio recording posted on his personal web site, saying he had made himself sick with his "stupid" actions.
"I say a lot of stupid things on the radio, but this was the most inappropriate thing that I've ever done and I am very ashamed of myself for doing it," the DJ said.
Marconi and his partner Tiny were known for crude jokes and had been reprimanded before, but the station deemed their "edgy" humor necessary to reach young adult listeners.
Berg's killers released a grisly video of the execution with one of the five masked men reading a statement urging Muslims to seek revenge for Iraqi prisoners abused by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison.
"There are times in life when you wish you could take something back that you did. This for me was one of those times," Marconi said.
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two Portland, Oregon, DJs were fired for making jokes as they aired a recording of American Nick Berg's beheading in Iraq, station management said, calling their actions "beyond comprehension."
The DJs, named only by their on-air personas "Marconi" and "Tiny," and their producer were fired from their morning show on Thursday after the pair laughed and played background music while repeatedly airing Berg's screams as militant Islamists decapitated him.
"This was way over the line, insensitive and repulsive, by anyone's measure," said Clark Ryan, vice president for FM operations of Entercom Communications Corp. in Portland, where the network runs five FM stations.
Ryan said the station received numerous complaints from "appalled" listeners.
Marconi apologized on Friday in an audio recording posted on his personal web site, saying he had made himself sick with his "stupid" actions.
"I say a lot of stupid things on the radio, but this was the most inappropriate thing that I've ever done and I am very ashamed of myself for doing it," the DJ said.
Marconi and his partner Tiny were known for crude jokes and had been reprimanded before, but the station deemed their "edgy" humor necessary to reach young adult listeners.
Berg's killers released a grisly video of the execution with one of the five masked men reading a statement urging Muslims to seek revenge for Iraqi prisoners abused by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison.
"There are times in life when you wish you could take something back that you did. This for me was one of those times," Marconi said.
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Should Bush Ask Pope's Pardon for Iraq War?
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - President Bush should kneel before Pope John Paul and ask for forgiveness for abuses committed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says.
In his latest jibe against the U.S. leader, the outspoken left-wing Venezuelan president urged Bush to use his planned visit to the Vatican on June 4 to announce the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
"Even though he's not a Catholic ... he should ask God's forgiveness at the Vatican ... go down on his knees in front of the Pope and ask for the forgiveness of the world, not just the Iraqi people," Chavez told a news conference Friday in Caracas.
While he criticized the actions of U.S. troops, the Venezuelan leader also condemned as "a horror" the decapitation of U.S. businessman Nick Berg by Islamic militants in Iraq.
He made the comments after noting that senior Vatican officials had criticized the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers which has caused an international scandal.
Over the last few months, Chavez has repeatedly condemned Bush for waging the war in Iraq. He called the U.S. president a "jerk" earlier this year and accuses his administration of seeking to topple him, a charge denied by Washington.
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - President Bush should kneel before Pope John Paul and ask for forgiveness for abuses committed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says.
In his latest jibe against the U.S. leader, the outspoken left-wing Venezuelan president urged Bush to use his planned visit to the Vatican on June 4 to announce the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
"Even though he's not a Catholic ... he should ask God's forgiveness at the Vatican ... go down on his knees in front of the Pope and ask for the forgiveness of the world, not just the Iraqi people," Chavez told a news conference Friday in Caracas.
While he criticized the actions of U.S. troops, the Venezuelan leader also condemned as "a horror" the decapitation of U.S. businessman Nick Berg by Islamic militants in Iraq.
He made the comments after noting that senior Vatican officials had criticized the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers which has caused an international scandal.
Over the last few months, Chavez has repeatedly condemned Bush for waging the war in Iraq. He called the U.S. president a "jerk" earlier this year and accuses his administration of seeking to topple him, a charge denied by Washington.
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Scraping 'Cloth Cap' Deck Chairs
LONDON (Reuters) - The quintessentially British seaside town of Blackpool wants to get rid of its candy-striped deck chairs because they are too old-fashioned.
"It's time we got rid of this reminder of a cloth-cap image," Lynn Cole of Blackpool's Tourism Forum told the Daily Mirror newspaper on Monday.
Blackpool's council plans to polish-up the resort's dowdy image with a multimillion-dollar redevelopment scheme to attract new types of tourists.
"We have a masterplan for the rejuvenation of the town and the next phase of seafront works is where the deck chairs are hired out.
"This is the right time to call it a day for these chairs which had their time in the 50s and 60s. If they have to be replaced it should be with something modern," she said.
LONDON (Reuters) - The quintessentially British seaside town of Blackpool wants to get rid of its candy-striped deck chairs because they are too old-fashioned.
"It's time we got rid of this reminder of a cloth-cap image," Lynn Cole of Blackpool's Tourism Forum told the Daily Mirror newspaper on Monday.
Blackpool's council plans to polish-up the resort's dowdy image with a multimillion-dollar redevelopment scheme to attract new types of tourists.
"We have a masterplan for the rejuvenation of the town and the next phase of seafront works is where the deck chairs are hired out.
"This is the right time to call it a day for these chairs which had their time in the 50s and 60s. If they have to be replaced it should be with something modern," she said.
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Taking Soccer a Little Too Seriously
BERLIN (Reuters) - Players from a visiting soccer team were forced to seek refuge in the changing rooms after home supporters brandishing guns attacked them in a dispute over a refereeing decision, Bremen police said on Monday.
At least 30 angry home fans stormed onto the pitch to attack the visiting players and a 21-year-old man had to be taken to hospital after he was beaten around the head with a corner flag, police in the northern German port city said.
Two of the attackers threatened the players with firearms, they added.
The assailants face charges of harassment, assault and violations of gun law.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Players from a visiting soccer team were forced to seek refuge in the changing rooms after home supporters brandishing guns attacked them in a dispute over a refereeing decision, Bremen police said on Monday.
At least 30 angry home fans stormed onto the pitch to attack the visiting players and a 21-year-old man had to be taken to hospital after he was beaten around the head with a corner flag, police in the northern German port city said.
Two of the attackers threatened the players with firearms, they added.
The assailants face charges of harassment, assault and violations of gun law.
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Drunken 'Stripper' Sparks Probe
LONDON (Reuters) - A drunken woman looking for a place to sleep slipped past security and onto an aircraft at Aberdeen airport in Scotland where she dozed unnoticed for several hours, sparking a review of security.
The British Airports Authority (BAA) said Monday it had launched a full investigation after the woman -- reported by a newspaper to be a scantily clad stripper -- scaled a fence and boarded a private jet.
"The young woman was found aboard an aircraft last Thursday and an investigation is under way," a BAA spokesman said.
The Sun newspaper said 22-year-old Soraya Wilson was discovered eight hours after she passed out in the plane's cockpit. She was cautioned but not charged.
"I don't know who was more embarrassed when they found me, the security men or me, because I was just wearing my knickers and a little top when I woke up," she told the paper.
LONDON (Reuters) - A drunken woman looking for a place to sleep slipped past security and onto an aircraft at Aberdeen airport in Scotland where she dozed unnoticed for several hours, sparking a review of security.
The British Airports Authority (BAA) said Monday it had launched a full investigation after the woman -- reported by a newspaper to be a scantily clad stripper -- scaled a fence and boarded a private jet.
"The young woman was found aboard an aircraft last Thursday and an investigation is under way," a BAA spokesman said.
The Sun newspaper said 22-year-old Soraya Wilson was discovered eight hours after she passed out in the plane's cockpit. She was cautioned but not charged.
"I don't know who was more embarrassed when they found me, the security men or me, because I was just wearing my knickers and a little top when I woke up," she told the paper.
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