Hi-tech mobile phones and leisurely baths are well-known passions of the Japanese -- and apparently they're not mutually exclusive.
A survey released Monday showed that 41.2 percent of people in the country have at least once taken their mobile phones to the bathtub to make calls, type e-mails, listen to music or play games.
The practice extends across all sexes and ages, although teenagers were the most likely to have bathed with their phones, according to the poll of 16,250 people carried out by video-game maker Sega.
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London - A cash machine became a big hit this week after it started paying out twice as much money as it should.
When a five-foot chocolate Easter egg arrived in Northern Ireland after travelling from Italy it wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
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| Cracking Easter: £300 egg smashed on way from Italy |
A magician with a talent for fire-eating, sword-swallowing and bathing in broken glass is facing bankruptcy after being exposed as a benefits cheat.
To his audiences Nigel Hardman was Prince Razaq, who appeared on stage in flowing robes, a turban and curly-toed sandals.
To his audiences Nigel Hardman was Prince Razaq, who appeared on stage in flowing robes, a turban and curly-toed sandals.
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| Hardman was claiming incapacity benefit, but astounded audiences with his stunts |
Canada's military is probing how detailed plans for its new elite counter-terrorism squad headquarters ended up in a trash bin on the streets of the capital, an official said Thursday.
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said an investigation was underway after the daily Ottawa Citizen identified the 26 top secret blueprints, brought to them by a curious passerby who spotted them in a curbside garbage can.
"If a security breach of some kind has taken place, then clearly that's a huge concern for me," Day told reporters.
The Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit is the Canadian Forces's main responder in the event of a terrorist attack of mass destruction, trained to deal with chemical, biological and radioactive threats.
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said an investigation was underway after the daily Ottawa Citizen identified the 26 top secret blueprints, brought to them by a curious passerby who spotted them in a curbside garbage can.
"If a security breach of some kind has taken place, then clearly that's a huge concern for me," Day told reporters.
The Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit is the Canadian Forces's main responder in the event of a terrorist attack of mass destruction, trained to deal with chemical, biological and radioactive threats.
South Korean police said Friday they had arrested a woman accused of telling her six-year-old daughter to steal some 140,000 dollars from a bank.
The girl took cash and cheques on Thursday from a small safe under the desk in the VIP room of a bank in the southern island of Jeju, they said. The room was temporarily empty apart from the child.
The girl took cash and cheques on Thursday from a small safe under the desk in the VIP room of a bank in the southern island of Jeju, they said. The room was temporarily empty apart from the child.
A man in Australia is auctioning his life -- his house, his job, his clothes and his friends -- on eBay, after his marriage broke up, saying he wants to start a new life.
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| Ian Usher is seen in an undated handout photo, released to Reuters on March 19, 2008. |
A Newcastle couple keep the memory of their beloved dogs alive - after turning their hair into woolly jumpers.
CHICAGO - According to witnesses, a loud black man approached a crowd of some 4,000 strangers in downtown Chicago Tuesday and made repeated demands for change.
"The time for change is now," said the black guy, yelling at everyone within earshot for 20 straight minutes, practically begging America for change. "The need for change is stronger and more urgent than ever before. And only you - the people standing here today, and indeed all the people of this great nation - only you can deliver this change."
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| The black guy is oddly comfortable demanding change from people he's never even met. |
"The time for change is now," said the black guy, yelling at everyone within earshot for 20 straight minutes, practically begging America for change. "The need for change is stronger and more urgent than ever before. And only you - the people standing here today, and indeed all the people of this great nation - only you can deliver this change."
Bidding for a cornflake resembling the US state of Illinois has reached more than £100,000 on eBay.
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| Judge for yourself: The cornflake in question |
