Mystery surrounds 'long-distance' iPhone call; easy come easy go bracelet discovered and don't drink and swim warning ignored.

iPhone lost in Italy, found in China

A man from Zhejiang province lost his iPhone in Italy while on honeymoon four months ago. A policeman in Jiangxi later said he had it and returned it to him last week, the Qianjiang Evening News reported.

The policeman said a friend found the phone on a bus in Shanghai and passed it to him on returning to Jiangxi. The officer located the owner's contact details on the phone and sent it back to him.

No one knows how or why the phone ended up in Shanghai, but it is assumed it may have been picked up by a Chinese in Italy who took it back to Shanghai and then lost it.

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'Dama' women suffer for beauty

A dozen middle-aged women from Chongqing underwent plastic surgery to look younger on camera when competing for the chance to perform at next year's Spring Festival Gala, people.com.cn reported.

The women are dancers with an art troupe popular on various TV shows. They said they won't stop pursuing beauty just because they are growing older.

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Owner of retrieved bracelet sought

A female tourist dropped a bracelet, reportedly worth 200,000 yuan ($32,654), into a river at a scenic spot in Xinxiang city, Henan province during the National Day holidays, Dahe Daily reported. After eight days of searching it was retrieved, but as the woman didn't leave contact details the tourist attraction has published the news on many platforms in an attempt to locate her.

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Drunken swimmer drifts for hours

A 57-year-old woman in Hubei province passed out while swimming in the Yangtze River after drinking alcohol. After waking up, she found she had drifted for nine hours and 75 kilometers. She swam for another hour and was finally rescued in Jiangxi, cnhubei.com reported.

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