TOKYO, Dec 17: After being saved from kidnapping, you discover you’re the daughter of the prime minister and your life is in imminent danger. You are introduced to a handful of handsome bodyguards, and must decide who you want to protect you 24 hours a day. That’s the scenario for one of several role-playing “love games” currently popular in Japan, allowing women to safely spend time with their choice of Mr. Right without actually dealing with a live person – even as marriage rates in Japan fall. (agencies)
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Vodka helps stranded elephants survive in Russia: RIA MOSCOW, Dec 17:
Two circus elephants drank vodka to help them survive when their trailer caught fire in freezing Siberia, RIA news agency said. A quick-thinking handler resorted to the traditional Russian cure for all ills by buying two cases of vodka from a nearby village, diluting it with warm water and serving it to Indian elephants Jenny and Magda, it said.
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