DOHA (Reuters) - Uzbekistan and Japan on Monday secured two of Asia's three berths at this year's Olympic Games football tournament with wins over Indonesia and Iraq respectively at the Under-23 Asian Cup in Qatar.
WHEN it comes to dogs and accidents, the usual story is of the dog being a heroic rescuer selflessly saving humans in a moment of need.
With this said, it was claimed that a dog once pushed children into a river so that he could rescue them and get a steak in return for each rescue.This is actually true, and it happened in Paris in 1908; the New York Times published an article on it in January of that year with a headline calling the dog in question a “fake hero” for its antics.
“Up to this point there was nothing extraordinary – but rescues became more and more frequent. Hardly a day passed when some unfortunate infant was brought safely by the dog after an involuntary bath,” wrote the correspondent in the article.
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