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AnhuiWoman stabbed 30 timesHefei prosecutors have charged an elderly man with killing his wife, whose body was found with more than 30 stab wounds, the Xinan Evening News reports.儲存 The man is suspected of first cutting at the woman's neck three times and then stabbing her all over her body after a quarrel over a minor small matter. It was believed their marriage had recently been tense because the wife had been having an affair and had refused to end it.Edison Chen wannabeWhen a police officer asked for an identity card from a young man on a train leaving Hefei station on Wednesday, the man produced a document bearing the personal details and photo of Hong Kong pop star Edison Chen Koon-hei, the Anhui Business Daily reports. The man said that the fake card was only for fun and that he had pulled out the wrong item. The officer confiscated the card and reprimanded the man.BeijingObama lookalike suesA Chinese clothing company is being sued for printing the image of an Indonesian man who looks like the US president, the Beijing Times reports. Ilham Anas, who has become famous in Indonesia for his resemblance to Barack Obama, claims that the clothing company improperly used his image by hanging a poster of him at an expo without his permission. He is seeking 600,000 yuan (HK$760,000) in compensation in a Shunyi district court.Idling engines discussedThe city's people's congress held a public hearing yesterday to discuss a proposed rule that would require drivers to switch off their engines if they are idle for longer than three minutes, The Beijing News reports. Reducing engine idling would help reduce emissions and fuel consumption, but the rule is seen as being difficult to implement and enforce.GuangdongVendor fights officersPolice in Zhanjiang are investigating a case where a man suffered 11 broken ribs after a fight with local urban management officers late last month, the Guangzhou Daily reports. The street vendor, who is still in hospital, said he was attacked by more than 10 people during a dispute. But the rule-enforcement agency claimed that its officers were forced into a fight because the man threatened them with a knife when they tried to remove his illegal stall.Stabbing at hair salonA man stabbed himself with a knife after killing a woman at the hair salon she owned in Guangzhou on Tuesday night, the Southern Metropolis Daily reports. The man was seen cutting his throat and his wrist and then stabbing at his stomach inside the salon, with the owner lying dead beside him. He was still able to move when paramedics arrived. His condition and his relation to the woman were not immediately clear.HenanSWAT team takes on dogA Tibetan mastiff injured a man and another dog on Wednesday in Zhengzhou before being shot dmini storagead by law enforcement officers five hours later, the Henan Business Daily reports. The police and urban management officers tried but failed to capture it, prompting the need for a Swat team. The team finally killed the dog with six gunshots.Manners fall shortStaff at only two Zhengzhou government departments out of 14 investigated by the Dahe Daily offered a greeting when receiving the public, the newspaper reports. None of the employees encountered at the other 12 departments said "hello" when approached by visitors or used polite language such as "please" in conversation, although their work regulations required them to do so.Hubei4 die in factory explosionFour people died and five others were injured when steam equipment exploded at a factory in Zhijiang on Wednesday, the China News Service reports. A local government official said the company had completed all due procedures with authorities.Couriers allege attackOne courier suffered head wounds and another sustained serious injuries to his hands on Wednesday after allegedly being beaten by three men upon the instruction of an urban management officer in Wuhan , the Wuhan Evening News reports. A colleague of the two couriers said the officer went to the shop at night with the three men, who were in plain clothes, to remove a pile of parcels in front of their shop. Witnesses said a fight started, with the three men wielding wooden sticks and a knife.HunanPricey officeA poverty-stricken village in Changsha has borrowed more than 10 million yuan to construct a seven-storey office building as the headquarters of its village committee, which consists of only eight people, Legal Weekly reports. The village secretary explained that it was built to attract investment, but villagers said it was sheer waste.Mother-daughter theftA woman in Zhuzhou has been arrested for allegedly instructing her four-year-old daughter to steal two mobile phones earlier this month, Rednet.cn reports. Under the instructions of her jobless mother, the girl stole a Samsung phone from a shopping mall but was caught on her second attempt, at a different mall. She is now under the care of the woman's brother-in-law.JiangsuStudent's heart stopsA college student in Nanjing stopped breathing and her heart stopped beating for 20 minutes after she ran in a physical education class on Wednesday, the Jinling Evening News reports. She was sent to an emergency room, where her heart was restarted.Nursing homes close downThirty-eight nursing homes have closed over the past two years in Nanjing, leading to a loss of more than 2,100 beds for the elderly, the Yangtse Evening Post reports. An official from the municipal civil affairs bureau said facilities were forced to close to make room for construction projects.self storage