Man in malaria coma after Libya visit

A healthy businessman from Benxi, Liaoning, went into a coma for 18 days after returning from Libya where he stayed for just half-a-day to make a deal with his local partner.

Weeks ago, Lu ran a high fever and went to hospital to treat what he thought was an ordinary cold. Later, he became unconscious from the chills and shivering characteristic of acute malaria. "He had the worst malaria we've ever seen," said doctors after a blood test. Lu was discharged from hospital on Tuesday.

Man poisoned sparrows, sold them to eateries

A migrant worker has been put behind bars for a year for poisoning 647 sparrows in a town near Daxing District of Beijing.
Police accused Bai of killing wild birds with important scientific value for illegal profits after finding a sack full of dead sparrows and other species of wild birds in his dorm. A court said Bai's actions posed a threat to the health of residents as he sold the dead birds to roadside restaurants where they were served as barbecued foods.

Talking mynah catches thief off-guard

A thief in Taiwan was caught on the spot last Tuesday after a caged mynah in the temple he broke into suddenly greeted him in the local dialect, scaring him off his motorcycle.

Zhang sneaked into the altar at noon and as he was moving the money box to his motorcycle, the mynah shouted at him, "What are you doing here?" Zhang was so startled that he and his motorcycle both fell.

Hearing the loud noise from the altar, the bird's owner rushed in and caught the thief. He said the mynah was good at talking and singing and gave the bird a food treat for its fine performance.

Noisy lover sparks university ire

A student in Qingdao, Shandong Province who made much noise of his love, had to contend with disciplinary action from the university authorities recently.

A few days ago, Su beat a drum in the university dining hall attracting crowds of onlookers. He shouted the name of his girlfriend while some of his friends upheld a banner on which was written "I will never regret loving you". The young lovers then embraced tightly to huge applause from other students.

But soon, the campus security guards arrived and took Su away. Two days later, the university issued a notice punishing Su for "seriously disturbing order on campus".

(China Daily 06/26/2007)

（英语点津 Linda 编辑）

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Matt Doran is an award-winning American newspaper journalist and an undergraduate student at Albion College. He is currently a polisher for China Daily Website and is on summer break from Beijing Foreign Studies University, where he will resume his study of Chinese in the fall.

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