Berlin Playboy Offers Jackpot to Final Bedmate
Wed Aug 21, 8:43 AM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - An aging Berlin playboy has come up with an unusual offer to lure women into his bed by promising the last woman he sleeps with an inheritance of about $244,000.

Rolf Eden, a 72-year-old west Berlin disco owner famous in the German capital for his countless number of sex partners, said he could imagine no better way to die than in the arms of an attractive young woman -- preferably under 30.

"I put it all in my last will and testament -- the last woman who sleeps with me gets all the money," Eden told Bild newspaper Wednesday.

"I want to pass away in the most beautiful moment of my life. First a lot of fun with a beautiful woman, then wild sex, a final orgasm -- and it will all end with a heart attack and then I'm gone."

Eden, who is selling his popular "Big Eden" nightclub later this year, said "applicants" shouldn't wait long because of his advanced age.

"It could end very soon," he said. "Maybe even tomorrow."





Thailand to Ban Elephants from Streets
Wed Aug 21, 8:37 AM ET

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is to ban elephants from city streets in an effort to prevent maltreatment by their owners, who make a living selling food for passers-by to feed the animals.

Deputy Agriculture Minister Prapat Panyachatirak told reporters the new law would also allow authorities to adopt abused elephants.

Elephants suffer badly in Thai city streets, particularly in traffic accidents in Bangkok. Road vehicles hit about 20 a month.

"Raising an elephant must be done in a way that does not humiliate the pride and dignity of the national animal," Prapat told reporters.

Prapat said the Thai elephant population was dwindling at a rate of 150 a year, mostly because of maltreatment by their owners.

Southeast Asia is home to around 60,000 elephants, 5,000 of which are in Thailand.