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1022 Strange News
    2009-10-22 14:38:35     CRIENGLISH.com

A man in Qingdao, Shandong province, had to be rushed to a hospital after he shampooed his head with a pesticide.

A friend had told Tu there were insects in his hair and he would have to use a pesticide to kill them.

After Tu washed his hair with pesticide he felt difficulty breathing and fainted.

He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors said he could have died of poisoning had he not received medical attention on time.

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A woman addicted to computer games was forced to seek police help after her husband threw her out of their house in Minquan county, Henan province, on Sunday.

Liu Dong said he became extremely angry when night after night his wife Li Yan, 26, would play computer games.

Li's husband let her back in only after she promised never to play computer games at night.

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Three tourists were injured when two donkeys fought with each other at a scenic spot in Beijing last Wednesday.

Some 20 tourists were returning from Shuanglongxia in Fangshan district when they saw the two donkeys fighting with each other. They tried to elude the fight but failed on the narrow mountain path. Three of the tourists fell and suffered external wounds .

"The two donkeys are deadly foes. They're always fighting with each other," the manager of the Shuanglongxia scenic spot said.

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A farmer from Zitong country in Sichuan province who used another man's personal information to get married some nine years ago learned only last Thursday that his marriage to his wife was illegal.

The farmer, surnamed Yin, said he married his wife on Sept 18, 2000 using the personal information of his wife's cousin because he had not reached the legal age for marriage.

Last week, Yin visited a local court to seek divorce when he was told not to bother, as his marriage was already invalid.

 
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