"Iced-te-do"

This is definitely a modern day variety of the ancient Japanese tea ceremony- very cool!

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Japan -- In Tokyo, a woman managed to calm down a knife-wielding robber by offering a glass of iced tea and a chat, according to edition.cnn.com.

The 43-year-old robber pressed a knife to the woman's back and demanded money, in the hallway of her apartment building.

The woman told the man she did not have any cash on her. The robber then is reported to have pushed her and her baby into the woman's apartment.

The calm woman -- in order to buy herself some time to plan her escape -- gave the robber a cup of iced wheat tea to calm him down on the hot summer day, police said.

The robber put his knife down and began to tell the woman how he lost money gambling and its effect on his life and family.

The woman eventually handed over about $100 (10,000 yen). She then ran outside to call for help. The robber took off with the money, but he was reportedly caught the very next day.

stalking, push-in

Here is a "classic" case of a perpetrator using (at least) two means to get to his intended victim - stalking (following), and a push-in.

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UK -- In Newcastle, police say a man stalked an 18-year-old female in the early hours of March 9 (Sunday morning).

The teenager was walking home from a night out with friends at around 2:30 a.m., and footage from closed circuit TV, shows the intended victim being followed through the city centre.

The assault happened at around 2:40 a.m. The perpetrator followed her inside her complex, grabbed and pushed into her home, before sexually assaulting her. Screaming and kicking him, the young woman forced the attacker to flee her home.

Skilled with skillet

Hmmm... a skillet, eh?
This must be the ancient art of cook fu!

Story:
Kentucky -- Lexington Police say two men forced their way into a woman's apartment, and tried to rape her.

The two men asked for her husband, according to wkyt.com. When she told them her husband wasn't at home, the men forced their way in.

The woman was able to reach for a skillet and hit one of the men in the head with it. The two men ran away. One had a head injury.

Another push-in

Kansas -- In Shawnee, an attack happened at 7:25 a.m. at an Apartment complex as a woman was going outside to warm up her car. When she opened her apartment door the man pushed his way inside.

The two struggled, toppling furniture, before the man pinned her. During the melee he said he wanted to have sex with her.

The woman broke free, grabbed a telephone, locked herself in the bathroom and yelled she was calling police. The man had fled when officers arrived.

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Push-in

This is a classical attempt at something commonly called a "push-in".

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Virginia -- A man started following a 21-year-old University of Virginia student as she walked home from a party, a Charlottesville police spokesman said.

"When she opened up the door to her home, he rushed her and tried to force her inside," the spokesman said.

The student's roommate and her boyfriend were inside the home when she arrived and came to her assistance when they heard her screaming, police said.

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A campus incident

Some things are painfully clear:
- People tend to think "it don't happen here".
- A campus can be a dangerous place.
- Simple self-defense "tricks" may get you out of a bad spot.
- A push-in is a common way to gain access.

Also it is quite clear that the woman either panicked or was unaware she was being followed - all the time she opened the door to her room.

Story:
A man had followed a young woman onto the elevator and up to her floor and tried to push his way into her room after she unlocked the door.

The woman fought him off with a fist spiked with keys and he fled, but the incident was enough to worry many young women who never thought something like that could happen in their dorm.

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