Japanese Cell Phones Ward Off Gropers

October 24, 2007 By HIROKO TABUCHI, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Did you just grope me? Shall we head to the police? That's the message women are flashing on their cell phones with a popular program designed to ward off wandering hands in Japan's congested commuter trains.

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