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April 17, 2006
Japan's waning population of children has major toymaker company, Bandai, targeting adults with an adult action hero belt. The toy belt sells for 30,000 yen (US$270).
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April 2, 2006
Relations between Indonesia and Australia are now a bit strained after an Australian newspaper publishes a cartoon poking fun at Indonesia's leader. Indonesia says the drawing, which apparently depicts the president fornicating dogs, is "not helpful" in helping relations. According to the BBC, the drawing is in response to a cartoon in an Indonesian newspaper depicting Australia's prime and foreign ministers copulating dingoes.
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March 29, 2006
For no apparent reason, other than for 'vengeance and for fun', a Croatian woman allegedly called a local emergency line over a thousand times. The unidentified woman, 34, was arrested after calling the medical emergency number in Sibenik, on the central Adriatic coast, more than 200 times in three days.
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March 29, 2006
Angry, frustrated customers at a Filipino restaurant in the city of Gerona are getting their chance to use an unusual outlet to express their anger. At $. 30 a plate, frustrated patrons are getting the chance to work out their stress in different type of anger management - by throwing the plates at the "wall of fury" inside the restaurant.
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March 28, 2006
A toddler got stuck in one of the classic toy machines where you have to maneuver a claw over the item you want, and hope it catches it. According to reports, a 3-year-old boy crawled through the toy discharge chute in the Toy Chest claw machine at Godfathers Pizza at 600 West Oakland Avenue in Austin.
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