1. "Suma became very depressed after her roomie Patna died in early May," head of Zagreb Zoo Mladen Anic told AFP on Thursday.

2. If he had taken a minimum–wage job, say at a fast–food restaurant, and worked 10 hours a day, seven days a week, he could have met most of his financial obligation to the roomie.

3. And these days, now that we‘ve forgotten about a classless society, there are intriguing new abbreviations: Ó Ń âŕ';îí ďîâ$';řĺííîé ęîěôîđňíîńň'; (ń äîďîëí';ňĺëüí$';ě'; óńëó';ŕě';) (U: a car with special comforts (additional services); ‘ Ń ô';đěĺíí$';é âŕ';îí (F Ń a deluxe car); or
'3; Ń âŕ';îí á';çíĺń–ęëŕńńŕ (B Ń a business–class car). My favorite is the baffling Í‘ Ń íĺô';đěĺíí$';é âŕ';îí ô';đěĺííî';î ďîĺçäŕ (NF Ń a non–deluxe car in a deluxe train). I guess this means that you have to go to the next car to use the ô';đěĺíí$';é ňóŕëĺň (deluxe toilet). But what I want is a ticket in âŕ';îí
'3;‘ Ń áĺç őđŕďŕ (the non–snoring car). I must be working off a karmic debt, because my roomie for the longest trips is always the guy who snores non–stop all night, loud enough to wake the dead.