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A 62-year-old man in Hong Kong is said to have attempted suicide by inserting a cucumber from behind.

Man tries death by cucumber

LONDON: A 62-year-old man in Hong Kong is said to have attempted suicide by inserting a cucumber from behind. According to The Sun,Chin Wei was taken to hospital after his daughter found him lying in a pool of blood. He told doctors,who removed the cucumber from his bottom,that he had inserted it in a suicide attempt. Chin has claimed the method was a variation of ritual suicide hara-kiri.

Spin-off to Twilight saga

LOS ANGELES: Fans were heartbroken when Stephenie Meyer decided to end the love story of vampire Edward Cullen and Bella Swan with fourth book Breaking Dawn but the author has now decided to add a spin-off to the Twilight story. Meyer has announced that she will add a different fifth installment to the story with The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner,People magazine reported online.

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