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A Japanese man said to be Itami city's oldest male has been found dead at his home up to a decade after his death.
The man's mummified body was found lying face down on a bed in the home he shared with his children after a relative called the police.
Kyujiro Kaneoka was believed to have been alive, aged 107, and was named as Itami's oldest man six years ago.
The mayor visited his house every year but his family refused to let the him in, saying the man was bedridden.
"The body was wearing a clean kimono. He is believed to be dead for five to 10 years. We are talking to his family members why they kept him like this," an official told the AFP news agency.
'Too weak'
The three siblings said they thought their father was still alive, but one recently consulted a relative about the possibility he might be dead, a police spokesman said.
A report in the Mainichi Daily News said the man's son and two daughters kept his kimono-clad body in the first room of their house in Itami, 400km (250 miles) west of Tokyo.
The futon on which the body was laid was surrounded by religious amulets, charms and tokens, the report said.
The cause of his death has yet to be determined, police said.
An official with the Itami city hall told the AFP news agency that the city was considering asking Kaneoka's family to return gifts it had received since 1999 as a token of the man's longevity.
"Every year we gave the family 30,000 yen ($288; £150) and a cashmere blanket worth 20,000 yen ($192; £100)," the official said.
Typing Error Causes Nuclear Scare
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A stenographer for the U.S. Congress generated alarming headlines in the Sudanese press this week by giving the mistaken impression the United States conducted nuclear tests in the African country in 1962 and 1970.
The Sudanese government asked the United States for an explanation and began its own investigations into a Web site report that a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee had talked about the tests in Sudan.
But Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail, who had summoned the U.S. charge d'affaires on hearing the news, said Thursday it turned out that the word Sudan was merely a typing error for Sedan, the name of a nuclear test site in Nevada.
"The American administration ... said that there is a typing mistake," he told reporters. "Instead of writing Sedan, the typist in the military subcommittee branch typed Sudan," he said.
"Now they want to correct the spelling mistake and they want to confirm the tests did not take place in Sudan but in Sedan, part of the United States in Nevada," he added.
A U.S. embassy official in Khartoum said a statement had been issued affirming no tests were made in Sudan, but did not say how the mistake had happened. The official transcript of the hearing, in the strategic forces subcommittee on March 2, has already been corrected, with a note saying the word Sedan was misspelled in the original.
Ismail said he was very relieved the reports were not true.
"Our first concern of course was for the people of Sudan."
Police Dish Summons to Girl Scout Cookie Father
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police have ticketed a man they say set up a table on a Brooklyn sidewalk to sell Girl Scout cookies without a license.
But the suspect's 13-year-old daughter disputes the account and says her father was only helping her deliver pre-ordered cookies in the neighborhood.
Officers issued a summons for unlicensed vending to Hoi "Howard" Louis over the weekend.
"An adult 55-year-old male who had set up a table along a busy stretch was given a summons," Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said on Wednesday. "No Girl Scouts were seen by officers at the time the summons was issued."
But Grace Marie Louis said she was there and that her father was preparing the orders when police pulled up in a car.
Donna Ceravolo, director of the Girl Scouts of Nassau County, told Reuters that Grace Marie and her father were delivering pre-ordered cookies.
"I make no bones about the Girl Scout cookie program," said Ceravolo. "It would not be nearly as successful without the support of parents. I don't apologize for it."
The girl, who has sold about 600 boxes of cookies this year, is helping her troop save up for a trip to Hawaii or Europe.
Ceravolo said the Girl Scouts would provide counsel in court if needed. The fine, if any, will be determined by a judge.
City Won't Destroy 'Cursing Stone'
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LONDON (Reuters) - A 14-ton "cursed" artwork that some in a northern English city wanted destroyed because they said it had brought misery and misfortune has been saved.
The city council has rejected a motion tabled by one of its members, Councilor Jim Tootle, that the "cursing stone" should be destroyed, blaming it for Carlisle's recent bad luck.
Since the boulder, which is inscribed with a 1,069-word curse, was installed in one of the city's museums in 2001, Carlisle has been plagued by floods, foot-and-mouth disease, sporting humiliation and job losses.
Written by the Archbishop of Glasgow in the 16th century, the curse was directed at "reivers" who terrorized the area with blackmail, rape, pillage and robbery.
Debate about the stone has attracted worldwide interest in Carlisle's woes. Spoon-bending Israeli psychic Uri Geller even offered to "save" Carlisle by exorcising the curse of evil forces in his healing garden.
"The right decision was made because there was no logical reason why the stone could be blamed for events," city council leader Mike Mitchelson said.
"We live in a modern era. People in Carlisle are sound, rational people and don't continue to live in medieval times."
Many other areas of Britain suffered from both foot and mouth disease and flooding, he added.
There you guys go.
A Japanese man said to be Itami city's oldest male has been found dead at his home up to a decade after his death.
The man's mummified body was found lying face down on a bed in the home he shared with his children after a relative called the police.
Kyujiro Kaneoka was believed to have been alive, aged 107, and was named as Itami's oldest man six years ago.
The mayor visited his house every year but his family refused to let the him in, saying the man was bedridden.
"The body was wearing a clean kimono. He is believed to be dead for five to 10 years. We are talking to his family members why they kept him like this," an official told the AFP news agency.
'Too weak'
The three siblings said they thought their father was still alive, but one recently consulted a relative about the possibility he might be dead, a police spokesman said.
A report in the Mainichi Daily News said the man's son and two daughters kept his kimono-clad body in the first room of their house in Itami, 400km (250 miles) west of Tokyo.
The futon on which the body was laid was surrounded by religious amulets, charms and tokens, the report said.
The cause of his death has yet to be determined, police said.
An official with the Itami city hall told the AFP news agency that the city was considering asking Kaneoka's family to return gifts it had received since 1999 as a token of the man's longevity.
"Every year we gave the family 30,000 yen ($288; £150) and a cashmere blanket worth 20,000 yen ($192; £100)," the official said.
Typing Error Causes Nuclear Scare
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A stenographer for the U.S. Congress generated alarming headlines in the Sudanese press this week by giving the mistaken impression the United States conducted nuclear tests in the African country in 1962 and 1970.
The Sudanese government asked the United States for an explanation and began its own investigations into a Web site report that a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee had talked about the tests in Sudan.
But Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail, who had summoned the U.S. charge d'affaires on hearing the news, said Thursday it turned out that the word Sudan was merely a typing error for Sedan, the name of a nuclear test site in Nevada.
"The American administration ... said that there is a typing mistake," he told reporters. "Instead of writing Sedan, the typist in the military subcommittee branch typed Sudan," he said.
"Now they want to correct the spelling mistake and they want to confirm the tests did not take place in Sudan but in Sedan, part of the United States in Nevada," he added.
A U.S. embassy official in Khartoum said a statement had been issued affirming no tests were made in Sudan, but did not say how the mistake had happened. The official transcript of the hearing, in the strategic forces subcommittee on March 2, has already been corrected, with a note saying the word Sedan was misspelled in the original.
Ismail said he was very relieved the reports were not true.
"Our first concern of course was for the people of Sudan."
Police Dish Summons to Girl Scout Cookie Father
Link
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police have ticketed a man they say set up a table on a Brooklyn sidewalk to sell Girl Scout cookies without a license.
But the suspect's 13-year-old daughter disputes the account and says her father was only helping her deliver pre-ordered cookies in the neighborhood.
Officers issued a summons for unlicensed vending to Hoi "Howard" Louis over the weekend.
"An adult 55-year-old male who had set up a table along a busy stretch was given a summons," Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said on Wednesday. "No Girl Scouts were seen by officers at the time the summons was issued."
But Grace Marie Louis said she was there and that her father was preparing the orders when police pulled up in a car.
Donna Ceravolo, director of the Girl Scouts of Nassau County, told Reuters that Grace Marie and her father were delivering pre-ordered cookies.
"I make no bones about the Girl Scout cookie program," said Ceravolo. "It would not be nearly as successful without the support of parents. I don't apologize for it."
The girl, who has sold about 600 boxes of cookies this year, is helping her troop save up for a trip to Hawaii or Europe.
Ceravolo said the Girl Scouts would provide counsel in court if needed. The fine, if any, will be determined by a judge.
City Won't Destroy 'Cursing Stone'
Link
LONDON (Reuters) - A 14-ton "cursed" artwork that some in a northern English city wanted destroyed because they said it had brought misery and misfortune has been saved.
The city council has rejected a motion tabled by one of its members, Councilor Jim Tootle, that the "cursing stone" should be destroyed, blaming it for Carlisle's recent bad luck.
Since the boulder, which is inscribed with a 1,069-word curse, was installed in one of the city's museums in 2001, Carlisle has been plagued by floods, foot-and-mouth disease, sporting humiliation and job losses.
Written by the Archbishop of Glasgow in the 16th century, the curse was directed at "reivers" who terrorized the area with blackmail, rape, pillage and robbery.
Debate about the stone has attracted worldwide interest in Carlisle's woes. Spoon-bending Israeli psychic Uri Geller even offered to "save" Carlisle by exorcising the curse of evil forces in his healing garden.
"The right decision was made because there was no logical reason why the stone could be blamed for events," city council leader Mike Mitchelson said.
"We live in a modern era. People in Carlisle are sound, rational people and don't continue to live in medieval times."
Many other areas of Britain suffered from both foot and mouth disease and flooding, he added.
There you guys go.
