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Health campaigner Zhang Yazhong is bugging health officials in Changchun, northern China, with a protest over the massive use of antibiotics in Chinese hospitals.Zhang, 45 - who took to the streets dangling dozens of discarded intravenous drip bottles - says medics in his country prescribe 10 times the amount of antibiotics per patient every year."If you multiply that figure by the millions and millions of patients here in China we all be immune to antibiotics within a couple of generations," he said."They give you antibiotics for everything from a cold to cancer," he added.Central European News / Photonews Keywords: intravenous, health campaign, Title: Health campaigner Zhang Yazhong is bugging health officials in Changchun, northern China, with a protest over the massive use of antibiotics in Chinese hospitals. 2012-05-18 Changchun China 3 image(s)	When it comes to being a cheapskate, this scrapyard boss doesn't believe in half measures.After he found the clapped out Fiat Punto he'd bought was too big for his truck, instead of hiring a bigger one he simply sliced the car in two with a chainsaw on the spot.But when furious neighbours saw petrol and oil pouring down the street they dialled 999."We heard this tremendous racket and there were two men with chainsaws hacking a car to pieces. I thought it was a practical joke and kept looking for the hidden cameras," said one.Now police in Essen, Germany, say he faced industrial pollution charges for allowing the fuel and oil to enter the water system through the drains. Central European News / Photonews Keywords: Fiat Punto, truck, sliced car Title: When it comes to being a cheapskate, this scrapyard boss doesn't believe in half measures. 2012-05-18 Essen Germany 2 image(s)	Cruel thugs who trapped a kitten on an anthill and left it to be eaten alive are being hunted by police.The yobs imprisoned the helpless beast under a steel bucket, where its eyes and and face were attacked as the ants swarmed all over it.Passers-by rescued the kitten in Szamotuly, Poland, when they heard it mewing in agony."I picked up the bucket and saw this poor kitten lying on the floor covered in ants."It was bleeding, fur was missing, and fluid was seeping from its eyes," said rescuer Magda Miechowicz.Now animal welfare vets say the young cat is recovering while police search for the thugs who subjected it to the torture.A spokesman said: "The sheer number of ant bites has left the kitten very poorly. He is very dehydrated and has large abscesses all over his body."He is lucky to be alive.""This was a senseless act of cruelness against a defenceless animal.Whoever did it should be severely punished," they added. Central European News / Photonews Keywords: cruel, kitten, trap Title: Cruel thugs who trapped a kitten on an anthill and left it to be eaten alive are being hunted by police. 2012-05-17 Szamotuly Poland 1 image(s)
A cowardly boyfriend got stuck in a rubbish chute when he tried to flee his girlfriend during a blistering row.The 32-year-old man - who has not been named by police in Tyumen, Russia, to spare his blushes - had run from the couple's eighth floor apartment and hurled himself into the chute with his partner hot on his heels.But he found himself trapped after just thee floors and had to yell for help.Fire service spokeswoman Elena Tretiyachenko said:"An eyewitness reported that there was a man in the chute.""The rescuers crew found a man, who was stuck at the fifth floor, in the garbage disposal," she added. Central European News / Photonews Keywords: rubbish chute, coward Title: A cowardly boyfriend got stuck in a rubbish chute when he tried to flee his girlfriend during a blistering row. 2012-05-17 Tyumen Russia 1 image(s)	A hard-headed home-owner has halted a 350 million GBP luxury development because he refused to move out of his one-bed apartment.Stubborn Zou Mingcan, 70 - from Kunming, Yunnan province, southern China - has declared war on the builders and has rigged his sixth floor flat with a series of home-made weapons and booby traps.Sporting a military camouflage uniform, Zou stands guard on the roof with a terrifying array of Molotov cocktails, bricks and rocks which he pelts the developers with.In revenge builders crushed his car and left it flattened outside the apartment block on an island of land.Planners claim they warned Zou nearly a year ago that the apartment block was scheduled for demolition as part of a huge expansion of the city's upmarket housing district."I used to be a builder so I know all their tricks. They won't get me out of here until they pay me proper compensation. I know how much my flat is worth to them so they might as well pay up," said Zou. Central European News / Photonews Keywords: fighter, home, weapons, booby traps Title: A hard-headed home-owner has halted a 350 million GBP luxury development because he refused to move out of his one-bed apartment. 2012-05-17 Kunming China 6 image(s)	Green fingered Chen Caixia's public loo is a cut above others in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, eastern China - after she planted hundreds of sweet-smelling flowers for nature lovers to sniff as they do what comes naturally.Chen, 44, has spent 10 years cultivating the grounds around the lavatory, which is now so popular it attracts tourists."I like the people who use my toilet to be happy and as they walk among these flowers I can see people relaxing," she explained."And of course it is where I spend all day and eat my lunch so I'd much rather smell some fragrant flowers than the alternative," she added.Central European News / Photonews Keywords: green, garden, flowers Title: Green fingered Chen Caixia's public loo is a cut above others in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, eastern China - after she planted hundreds of sweet-smelling flowers for nature lovers to sniff as they do what comes naturally 2012-05-17 Zhejiang China 5 image(s)
A truck carrying more than 2,000 pints of beer caused chaos when it shed its load all over a busy roundabout.The lorry - delivering booze to bars in Wadowice, Poland - left the road awash with lager after it tried to take the tight bend too quickly, say police.And firefighters and police had to keep other motorists at bay as they tried to dodge traffic to scoop up some of the unbroken bottles."We had to close the road in the end."It was shut for four or five hours while we swept up the broken glass and hosed away the beer," said a fire service spokesman. Central European News / Photonews Keywords: beer spill, truck Title: A truck carrying more than 2,000 pints of beer caused chaos when it shed its load all over a busy roundabout. 2012-05-17 Wadowice Poland 3 image(s)	These bizarre traffic lights have got drivers seeing red after bringing streets to a standstill in southern China.Locals say there are more than 20 different sets of lights on a single pole controlling one set of crossroads in Chongqing city."When you look at one light it's red but the one next to is it green."No-one knows where or when to go because they just seem to change randomly," said one motorist.But local traffic officials have baffled drivers - by saying they shouldn't obey any of them."They are just for decoration because the junction looked bare. They look very pretty at night but drivers should just ignore them," said a spokesman..Central European News / Photonews Keywords: traffick lights, Title: These bizarre traffic lights have got drivers seeing red after bringing streets to a standstill in southern China 2012-05-16 Chongqing China 2 image(s)	Romantic Lu Zen wanted his proposal to his unsuspecting girlfriend to be just Super - so he floated down from the sky on balloons as the Man of Steel to pop the question.Lu, 26 - from Donghai, Jiangsu province, eastern China - had taken girlfriend Lina Hu to their favourite restaurant for lunch when, in true Clark Kent style, he slipped away from the table to make a phone call.Minutes later the couple's friends were calling her out to the front of the eaterie where Lu - now wearing a Superman costume and cape - was hovering 30ft above the ground on a rope from a crane surrounded by balloons.Then as he was lowered gracefully to the ground, Lu proposed in front of a cheering crowd."Luckily she said yes. I'd have looked a complete idiot if she'd turned me down," he said before the couple rode off on a procession of mopeds and bikes with their pals."Everyone knew except her. I don't know how we kept it a secret," he added.Central European News / Photonews Keywords: Man of Steel, baloons Title: Romantic Lu Zen wanted his proposal to his unsuspecting girlfriend to be just Super - so he floated down from the sky on balloons as the Man of Steel to pop the question 2012-05-16 Donghai China 8 image(s)
Bungling Town Hall bin men have got high hopes of cleaning up the streets of Bucharest, Romania - after putting a rubbish bin more than six feet in the air.The bonkers bin has driven commuters up the pole as they try to slam dunk their rubbish in a container that's nearly as high as a basketball hoop.Some have even sent snaps of it to a local news TV station in a bid to shame the city council into taking action."The amazing thing is that the bin looks full, so people are really trying their best to keep the city clean," said one.Central European News / Photonews Keywords: Town Hall, rubbish bin, Bucharest Title: Bungling Town Hall bin men have got high hopes of cleaning up the streets of Bucharest, Romania - after putting a rubbish bin more than six feet in the air. 2012-05-16 Bucharest Romania 2 image(s)	This month-old baby Sumatran orangutan was originally rejected by mum Cahaya at their zoo in Zurich, Switzerland, and was raised by keepers until the pair were reintroduced this week.Now Malou and his mum are inseparable as they romp around their enclosure with the youngster clinging tight to his mum's coat, say keepers."Cahaya is now an excellent mother. This was her first baby and she didn't really know what to do."Now Malou hardly leaves her side," added one keeper.In the wild in Indonesia, Sumatran orangutans are critically endangered and among the most threatened animals in the world, with an estimated population of less than 7,000 apes. Central European News / Photonews Keywords: Sumatran, orangutan Title: This month-old baby Sumatran orangutan was originally rejected by mum Cahaya at their zoo in Zurich, Switzerland, and was raised by keepers until the pair were reintroduced this week 2012-05-16 Zurich Switzerland 2 image(s)	Any woman could have told you it was going to go off early.So when artists set out to explode a 15ft tall sculpture of a penis, it should come as no surprise that it didn't quite make it to the end of the countdown.The thee-and-a-half ton cock up - in Bad Blumau, Austria - was a protest by artist Emmerich Weissenberge about hostile public reaction to the piece, titled Gaia."I wanted to express the message that you should not destroy art if you do not understand it," explained Weissenberge, after watching his work blown to pieces on the count of eight instead of 10.The sculpture - made or organic plastic - was originally made for the Green Expo show in Vienna last year but faced massive hostility from visitors. Central European News / Photonews Keywords: explode, penis Title: Any woman could have told you it was going to go off early. 2012-05-15 Blumau Austria 4 image(s)

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