Bangkok, Thailand (WFN) -- Folks in Thailand who are buying postcards to support their country's military may end up with a unique prize -- a New Year's trip to Iraq. When they buy a postcard, they are entered in a raffle to win a trip to Iraq. Reuters reports the Thai troops are scheduled to stay near Baghdad until March but no word on when the lucky winners will make their "morale boosting" trip.

TOKYO -- Read all about it. According to the "Mainichi Daily News," Japanese scientists have developed a movie machine that provides braille descriptions of scenes for blind movie buffs.

BOONVILLE, N.Y. -- It was a case of office revenge gone too far when a worker at a Boonville, New York, timber company allegedly took a tinkle in his colleague's coffee. The victim became suspicious after taking a sip of his drink. Further investigation revealed his coffee had been contaminated with urine. The "Utica Observer Dispatch" reports the two workers had a fight earlier in the day.

BUDEASA, Romania -- It sounds too farfetched to be true, but doctors in Romania have confirmed the story of a woman who claims she hasn't slept in eight years. Still, no one knows how she's been able to survive without sleeping. One doctor who examined the 54-year-old from Budeasa told newspaper "Curierul National," "We cannot understand why she cannot sleep. We cannot explain this phenomenon."

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