From: the.wise.one@abel.co.uk   
      
   Shoppers accidentally buy nuclear waste   
      
   (China Daily)   
   Updated: 2008-09-15 09:15   
      
      
   Three residents of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region's Aksu city   
   mistakenly purchased and brought home nuclear waste.   
      
   In August 2006, the three men - one of whom is surnamed Liu, while the   
   other two are surnamed Wang - purchased a glittering "treasure" for   
   $2,000 in Kyrgyzstan. They brought it back to Xinjiang, hoping to make a   
   fortune by selling it.   
      
   Because they knew nothing about the 274-kg stone, they sliced off a   
   piece to bring to Beijing for expert analysis last January.   
      
   Last September, geologists at Tsinghua University concluded it was   
   depleted uranium and called police.   
      
   Prosecutors in Aksu decided against arresting the men, because they   
   obviously had no idea what they had purchased. The men have undergone   
   medical examinations and appear to be in good health.   
      
   (www.iyaxin.com)   
      
      
   http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/15/content_7027720.htm   
      
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