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Published July 24th, 2007

Internet Addict Tries Robbery

Liu Songyun, 22, seemed unreasonably happy after being arrested for robbing 8 yuan($US 1.07 from a friend in Sanmenxia, Henan Province, last Wednesday.

Liu said he waned to go to prison to quit his internet addiction.

In many attempts over the past moths, Liu couldn’t stop his internet addiction played out in local cyber cafes.

To serve a jail term to break his internet addiction, he lured a net friend to the city outskirts then robbed him. Liu quickly surrendered to the police.

Henan Daily.

Published November 22nd, 2006

Middle Aged Chimp Looking For Love

CCTV is shotting a short film of a chimp called Ni Kou that will be broadcast worldwide to help him find a mate.

The middle-aged chimp was born on the Chinese Mainland and is finding it difficult to have a suitable female partner in the country.

Ni Kou recently arrived in Zhengzhou, Henan Province from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province to search for a partner with the help of zookeepers and CCTV.

www.xinhuanet.com

Published June 26th, 2006

Cat Recovers After Mousetrap Incident

A man had to rush his cat to the vet recently after it was caught in a mousetrap at his home in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province.

It took Wu over four hours to free his cat from the mousetrap after he found it howling in pain. He took the cat to the local animal clinic for emergency treatment.

Henan Commercial News