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A Polish woman could not believe her eyes when her pet dog found its way home - after being dognapped 30 miles away. Edyta Kowalska, 44, from Sochaczew, had gone to the capital Warsaw for the day with her two-year-old Dachshund, Cherry. But as they walked down the road a car suddenly pulled up and three masked men jumped out. The trio bundled the dog inside a car and sped off. "It was terrifying. They leapt out of their car and ran over towards me. I thought they were going to attack me, but instead they grabbed Cherry, jumped back in the car and drove off," said Edyta. "I went to the police and filed a report, but I don't think they took it very seriously. "But I was beside myself with grief, and just couldn't understand why they had taken Cherry and what they would do to her." For five days, Edyta fretted until she looked out of her kitchen window to see cherry trotting up the garden path. "I couldn't believe it. She was a bit thin and bedraggled, but she had made it home," she said. "I'll never know what happened and why they took her, but now she's back and that's all that matters." Kite surfer walks on water One of the world's best kite surfers has achieved his ambition of walking on water - on the Sea of Galilee. Maciek Kozierski, 26, made over 50 attempts before his triumphant steps directly in front of the world-famous church at Capernaum. Mr Kozierski, from Warsaw, used his kite to acclerate to maximum speed, then stepped off the board and releashed the kite - to the give the illusion of walking on water. Over four days, he battled against difficult wind conditions, making over 50 unsuccessful attempts during the project he called 'Miracle'. The Pole was supported by a team that included six-time Israeli wakeboard champion Lior Eliyahu and photographers Predrag Vuckovic from Serbia and Austrian Joerg Mitter. Man's 1,000 mile hike to win bride A Chinese Proclaimers fan got more than she bargained for when she jokingly told her boyfriend she would only marry him if he walked 1,000 miles. Ling Hsueh, 23, made the comment in reference to the Scottish duo's song 500 Miles after Liu Peiwen, 29, proposed to her. The chorus goes: "But I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more, just to be the man who walked a thousand miles, to fall down at your door." But before Ling got around to telling Liu that she was only joking, he had bought a rucksack and set off from Henan province on the marathon hike. He said: "The distance from here to her hometown in the Guangdong province, in southeastern China, is 1,600 kilometers - which is exactly 1,000 miles. "When I get there I hope she is waiting for me and I will ask her again - and I hope she says yes." Ling told local media: "He's such a fruitcake. I would have married him anyway and was only joking when I said he had to walk a 1,000 miles." She added: "He was already on the way when I realised." The trip is expected to take six weeks and Liu added: "I love walking and always wanted to see more of the country - but my love was the final push I needed to set off." |
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