In anticipation of the 2008 Summer Olympics, a Chinese groom had a wedding gown specially made for his bride measuring 200. 8 meters (658. 8 feet) long. Ken, who hails from the city Guangzhou, says he originally planned to make the dress 2008 meters long, in tribute to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games but buckled down later saying the additional 8 meters would make the gown more difficult to handle.

n a country where most people live on just a dollar or less a day, an 11-year-old boy who gathers discarded plastic bottles for money returned the equivalent of over $400 USD that he found on the road. Gicoven Abarquez is penniless, malnourished and has never owned a pair of shoes. He works the streets of Dagupan City in northern Philippines to help his parents make ends meet. He is one of the thousands of Filipino boys, some barely in their teens, who go to school and also work collecting discarded plastic containers to sell back to recycling centers.

Christmas won't be the same for one Concord, New Hampshire family that has been ordered to bury the mummified baby the family has passed down to relatives for 90 years. Relatives have kept the dead baby on top of a bureau and honored Baby John at holidays with cards and gifts. One year the stillborn infant was given, appropriately enough, a dried pet fish, relatives say.

Children in the U. S. could soon be playing with a talking Jesus toy, a bearded Moses, Daniel in the lion's den and other biblical figures, as company One2Believe convinced Wal-Mart to sell Bible-based toys to promote the Christian faith to children. David Socha, founder of One2believe, the company which manufactures the dolls said he is optimistic the demand for "God-honoring" toys will increase as children will be attracted to toys that focuses on Christian teachings and morality.

It was indeed a celebration for mothers in Brunei when thirty babies were born in honor of their Majesty's birthday, July 15. Last Sunday was the highest number of babies to be borne compared to last year's eleven babies delivered that has been ever recorded in the history of Brunei for their Sultan's birthday.