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Ota places 13th in men's over 105-kg weightlifting

London, Britain - Japan's Kazuomi Ota raises his fist after successfully lifting 185 kilograms in the third snatch of the men's weightlifting over 105-kg class at ExCeL London at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 7, 2012. Ota lifted a combined total of 400 kg and placed 13th.

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Omron to sell lifelike cat robots

OSAKA, Japan - A model shows off cat robots, made by Omron Corp., that will go on the market from Nov. 20. The robots, called ''Necoro,'' can stretch their backs, lie down and purr. They are the same size as real cats and each weigh 1.6 kilograms. The robots contain various sensors which among other things allow them to memorize the frequency of human voices, so that they will face their owners when the owners call out the pet robots' names. Omron plans to sell 5,000 Necoro robots for about 185,000 yen each.

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Sniffer dog guards sleeping colleagues

STORY: Sniffer dog guards sleeping colleagues DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:24 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. shot of the police and the police dogs STORYLINE: After finishing a task, exhausted police officers and other police dogs in Dehong fell asleep on the ground. But one sniffer dog insisted on standing guard. This dog has participated in 185 border patrols in the region and helped seize more than 20 kilograms of narcotics. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)